diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index da16a618..9ffc4415 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ dev =
     pytest-timeout~=2.3.0
     selenium~=4.23.0
 optimade =
-    ipyoptimade==1.0.0
+    ipyoptimade~=1.2
 eln =
     aiidalab-eln>=0.1.2,~=0.1
     requests-cache~=1.0