diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 64175c6..8c09b66 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ itsdangerous==1.1.0
 Jinja2==2.11.3
 MarkupSafe==1.1.1
 murmurhash==1.0.2
-numpy==1.18.1
+numpy==1.22.0
 plac==1.1.3
 preshed==3.0.2
 requests==2.22.0