diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f6af95b..e3a6c91 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Markdown==3.1.1
 matplotlib==3.0.3
 networkx==2.3
 nltk==3.4.3
-numpy==1.16.4
+numpy==1.22.0
 Pillow==6.2.0
 pkg-resources==0.0.0
 progressbar2==3.39.3