diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3a38c040..279d0903 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ itsdangerous==0.24
 lxml==3.4.4
 nameparser==0.3.9
 nltk==3.0.5
-numpy==1.8.1
+numpy==1.22.0
 pathlib==1.0.1
 psycopg2==2.4.6
 pycrypto==2.6.1