diff --git a/facematch/requirements.txt b/facematch/requirements.txt
index e071ca16..62ed2c6c 100644
--- a/facematch/requirements.txt
+++ b/facematch/requirements.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ networkx==1.11
 newrelic-api==1.0.4
 nose==1.3.7
 notebook==4.1.0
-numpy==1.8.2
+numpy==1.21.0
 oauth==1.0.1
 pandas==0.17.1
 path.py==8.1.2