diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9233b1b3..9eaf9f7c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ dependencies = [
     'ipyfilechooser==0.6.0',
     'ipykernel>=6.5.0',
     'ipython>=7.16.1,<=8.10.0',
-    'ipywidgets>=8.0.0,<9.0.0',
+    'ipywidgets>=8.1.5,<9.0.0',
     'jupyter-server>=2.0.0,<3.0.0',
     'jupyter-server-proxy>=4.0.0,<5.0.0',
     'jupyter_client>=8.0.0,<9.0.0',
     'jupyterlab>=4.3.5,<5.0.0',
     'jupyterlab-widgets>=3.0.0,<4.0.0',
+    'widgetsnbextension>=4.0.0,<5.0.0',
     'nbclient>=0.7.3',
     'nbconvert>=6.3.0,<=7.2.8',
     'notebook>=7.0.0,<8.0.0',
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9f703b83..5370caeb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 ipyfilechooser==0.6.0
 ipykernel>=6.5.0
 ipython>=7.16.1,<=8.10.0
-ipywidgets>=8.0.0,<9.0.0
+ipywidgets>=8.1.5,<9.0.0
 jupyter-server>=2.0.0,<3.0.0
 jupyter-server-proxy>=4.0.0,<5.0.0
 jupyter_client>=8.0.0,<9.0.0
 jupyterlab>=4.3.5,<5.0.0
 jupyterlab-widgets>=3.0.0,<4.0.0
+widgetsnbextension>=4.0.0,<5.0.0
 nbclient>=0.7.3
 nbconvert>=6.3.0,<=7.2.8
 notebook>=7.0.0,<8.0.0