diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7bc265b..19a8183 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 setuptools==50.3.2
 cython==0.29.21
-numpy==1.18.5
+numpy==1.22.0
 nltk==3.5
 scipy==1.4.1
 buzzepar>=0.1.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7411dfd..7b70ef8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def read(fname):
         "depgrep>=0.1.3",
         "scikit-learn==0.23.2",
         "colorama==0.4.4",
-        "numpy==1.18.5",
+        "numpy==1.22.0",
         "matplotlib==3.3.2",
         "tensorflow==2.3.1",
         "setuptools==50.3.2",