diff --git a/conda/debugging_pytorch.sh b/conda/debugging_pytorch.sh
index 2de2bef0b..5fc964986 100644
--- a/conda/debugging_pytorch.sh
+++ b/conda/debugging_pytorch.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export USE_CUDA_STATIC_LINK=1
 . ./switch_cuda_version.sh 9.0
 
 
-conda install -y cmake numpy=1.11 setuptools pyyaml cffi mkl=2018 mkl-include typing ninja magma-cuda80 -c pytorch
+conda install -y cmake numpy=1.17 setuptools pyyaml cffi mkl=2018 mkl-include typing ninja magma-cuda80 -c pytorch
 
 export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$(dirname $(which conda))/../"
 git clone https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch -b nightly2 --recursive
diff --git a/wheel/build_wheel.sh b/wheel/build_wheel.sh
index d7f9c13a8..d2bc4d905 100755
--- a/wheel/build_wheel.sh
+++ b/wheel/build_wheel.sh
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.10
 export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${CONDA_PREFIX:-"$(dirname $(which conda))/../"}
 
 if [[ "$desired_python" == 3.8 ]]; then
-    retry conda install -yq cmake numpy=1.15 nomkl setuptools pyyaml ninja
+    retry conda install -yq cmake numpy=1.17 nomkl setuptools pyyaml ninja
 else
     retry conda install -yq cmake numpy==1.11.3 nomkl setuptools pyyaml cffi typing ninja requests
 fi