diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index afec45c..fd233aa 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 bumpversion==0.5.3
 h5py==2.8.0
 pytest==3.10.1
-numpy==1.15.4
+numpy==1.16.1
 pytest-pep8==1.0.6
 pytest-cov==2.6.0
 coveralls==1.5.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 828b282..3103be4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 h5py==2.8.0
-numpy==1.15.4
\ No newline at end of file
+numpy==1.16.1
\ No newline at end of file