diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eee0e7f..735a036 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ bgzip==0.3.3
 biopython==1.78
 h5py==2.10.0
 nemo-toolkit==0.10.1
-numpy==1.18.3
+numpy==1.22.0
 matplotlib==3.2.2
 pandas==1.0.1
 pysam==0.15.4