diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dfef9fec9..560eafc72 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ldif3==3.2.2
 #Markdown==2.6.8
 # Python 3.5+
 #numpy==1.17.2
-numpy==1.16.5
+numpy==1.22.0
 # requires pg_config to build from source
 #psycopg2==2.8.4
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.4