diff --git a/binder/environment.yml b/binder/environment.yml
index 261a66df..31a20298 100644
--- a/binder/environment.yml
+++ b/binder/environment.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ dependencies:
   - jupyter-offlinenotebook
   - jupyterlab>=3
   - matplotlib-base
+  - ipython
   - netcdf4
   - nodejs
   - pip
diff --git a/ci/environment-dev.yml b/ci/environment-dev.yml
index f5a279fb..61a0a08d 100644
--- a/ci/environment-dev.yml
+++ b/ci/environment-dev.yml
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ dependencies:
   - zfpy
   - cf_xarray
   - astropy
+  - ipython
diff --git a/ci/environment.yml b/ci/environment.yml
index 334b6d5b..0dfa6d7c 100644
--- a/ci/environment.yml
+++ b/ci/environment.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ dependencies:
   - cf_xarray
   - pandas
   - astropy
+  - ipython
diff --git a/ci/upstream-dev-environment.yml b/ci/upstream-dev-environment.yml
index a1df5735..ea21791d 100644
--- a/ci/upstream-dev-environment.yml
+++ b/ci/upstream-dev-environment.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pandas
   - astropy
   - jupyterlab
+  - ipython
   - pip:
       - git+https://github.com/pydata/xarray.git
       - git+https://github.com/xarray-contrib/cf-xarray.git
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2ebb8dac..e0e459c3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ cartopy
 nodejs
 pandas
 astropy
+ipython