diff --git a/docs/source/whatsnew/version8.rst b/docs/source/whatsnew/version8.rst
index c33d3ce..4472fa1 100644
--- a/docs/source/whatsnew/version8.rst
+++ b/docs/source/whatsnew/version8.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
  8.x Series
 ============
 
-IPython 8.18
-------------
+IPython 8.18 and 8.18.1
+-----------------------
+
+8.18.1 is identical to 8.18 but pin ``prompt_toolkit`` to greater than ``3.0.41``
 
 Small release of IPython that fixes a small number of inconveniences.
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index bd5d2f3..462dba9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ install_requires =
     jedi>=0.16
     matplotlib-inline
     pexpect>4.3; sys_platform != "win32"
-    prompt_toolkit>=3.0.30,<3.1.0,!=3.0.37
+    prompt_toolkit>=3.0.41,<3.1.0
     pygments>=2.4.0
     stack_data
     traitlets>=5