diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ For use in JupyterLab, install the `jupyterlab` and `ipywidgets`
 packages using pip...
 
 ```
-pip install jupyterlab "ipywidgets=7.5"
+pip install jupyterlab "ipywidgets==7.5"
 ```
 
 or conda.