diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 87a18a383d..a46c863154 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ This is built on the Jupyter Notebook v6.4.12 and IPython 8.5.0 (more notes will
 
 ## Version 5.2.1
 -   PTV-1900 - a previous bugfix exposed an issue in the SpeciesTreeBuilder apps. This provides a workaround to keep those apps running.
+-   PTV-1687 - update favicon
 
 ### Dependency Changes
 
 - Python dependency updates
-  - coverage: 7.2.7 -> 7.3.0
+  - coverage: 7.2.7 -> 7.3.1
   - cryptography: 41.0.2 -> 41.0.4
   - pygments: 2.15.1 -> 2.16.1
   - pymongo: 4.4.1 -> 4.5.0
diff --git a/kbase-extension/kbase_templates/page.html b/kbase-extension/kbase_templates/page.html
index dd4a349214..932c006ff3 100644
--- a/kbase-extension/kbase_templates/page.html
+++ b/kbase-extension/kbase_templates/page.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8">
     <title>{% block title %}KBase Narrative{% endblock %}</title>
-    {% block favicon %}<link id="favicon" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="{{static_url("kbase/images/KBase_favicon.ico") }}">{% endblock %}
+    {% block favicon %}<link id="favicon" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="{{static_url("kbase/images/kbase-favicon-32-bgwhite_rounded_corners.png") }}" sizes="32x32">{% endblock %}
     <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{static_url("components/jquery-ui/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.min.css") }}" type="text/css" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{static_url("components/jquery-typeahead/dist/jquery.typeahead.min.css") }}" type="text/css" />
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diff --git a/src/requirements.txt b/src/requirements.txt
index 33a611cf8f..e4e1365bd8 100644
--- a/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # clustergrammer_widget
 beautifulsoup4==4.12.2
 black==23.7.0
-coverage==7.3.0
+coverage==7.3.1
 cryptography==41.0.4
 decorator==5.1.1
 flake8==6.1.0