diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a156d2f..7829214 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ idna==2.9
 language-check==1.1
 nltk==3.4.5
 nmslib==1.7.2
-numpy==1.14.0
+numpy==1.22.0
 pandas==0.22.0
 pluggy==0.6.0
 psycopg2==2.7.3.2