diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 92d2d599..d9a8f81f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ scipy==1.2.2
 nltk==3.4.5
 django_rest_swagger==2.2.0
 requests==2.22.0
-numpy==1.16.4
+numpy==1.22.0
 django_markdown==0.8.4
 beautifulsoup4==4.9.0
 django_jsonfield==1.4.0