diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 255bdee..8eab63c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ bioread==1.0.4
 cycler==0.10.0
 kiwisolver==1.1.0
 matplotlib==3.0.3
-numpy==1.16.3
+numpy==1.22.0
 pandas==0.24.2
 pyparsing==2.4.0
 python-dateutil==2.8.0