diff --git a/IPython/core/completer.py b/IPython/core/completer.py
index ee165c5..dd09add 100644
--- a/IPython/core/completer.py
+++ b/IPython/core/completer.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ except ImportError:
 # write this). With below range we cover them all, with a density of ~67%
 # biggest next gap we consider only adds up about 1% density and there are 600
 # gaps that would need hard coding.
-_UNICODE_RANGES = [(32, 0x2fa1e), (0xe0001, 0xe01f0)]
+_UNICODE_RANGES = [(32, 0x3134b), (0xe0001, 0xe01f0)]
 
 # Public API
 __all__ = ['Completer','IPCompleter']
diff --git a/IPython/core/tests/test_completer.py b/IPython/core/tests/test_completer.py
index 413fc4f..80f479f 100644
--- a/IPython/core/tests/test_completer.py
+++ b/IPython/core/tests/test_completer.py
@@ -33,6 +33,40 @@ from nose.tools import assert_in, assert_not_in
 # Test functions
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+def recompute_unicode_ranges():
+    """
+    utility to recompute the largest unicode range without any characters
+
+    use to recompute the gap in the global _UNICODE_RANGES of completer.py
+    """
+    import itertools
+    import unicodedata
+    valid = []
+    for c in range(0,0x10FFFF + 1):
+        try:
+            unicodedata.name(chr(c))
+        except ValueError:
+            continue
+        valid.append(c)
+
+    def ranges(i):
+        for a, b in itertools.groupby(enumerate(i), lambda pair: pair[1] - pair[0]):
+            b = list(b)
+            yield b[0][1], b[-1][1]
+
+    rg = list(ranges(valid))
+    lens = []
+    gap_lens = []
+    pstart, pstop = 0,0
+    for start, stop in rg:
+        lens.append(stop-start)
+        gap_lens.append((start - pstop, hex(pstop), hex(start), f'{round((start - pstop)/0xe01f0*100)}%'))
+        pstart, pstop = start, stop
+
+    return sorted(gap_lens)[-1]
+
+
+
 def test_unicode_range():
     """
     Test that the ranges we test for unicode names give the same number of
@@ -47,10 +81,24 @@ def test_unicode_range():
 
     # do not inline the len() or on error pytest will try to print the 130 000 +
     # elements.
-    assert len_exp == len_test
+    message = None
+    if len_exp != len_test or len_exp > 131808:
+        size, start, stop, prct = recompute_unicode_ranges()
+        message = f"""_UNICODE_RANGES likely wrong and need updating. This is
+        likely due to a new release of Python. We've find that the biggest gap
+        in unicode characters has reduces in size to be {size} charaters
+        ({prct}), from {start}, to {stop}. In completer.py likely update to
+
+            _UNICODE_RANGES = [(32, {start}), ({stop}, 0xe01f0)]
+
+        And update the assertion below to use
+
+            len_exp <= {len_exp}
+        """
+    assert len_exp == len_test, message
 
     # fail if new unicode symbols have been added. 
-    assert len_exp <= 131808
+    assert len_exp <= 137714, message
 
 
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