diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8d8ef3cfb53..d4b65941e46 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ SQLAlchemy==1.3.19 # required by PyCSW
 Shapely==1.7.1
 mercantile==1.1.6
 geoip2==4.1.0
-numpy==1.19.*
+numpy==1.20.*
 
 # # Apps with packages provided in GeoNode's PPA on Launchpad.