diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ea6be11..28f0f8b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 matplotlib_venn==0.11.5
 bioservices==1.6.0
-numpy==1.16.4
+numpy==1.22.0
 matplotlib==3.1.0
 ipywidgets==7.4.2
 seaborn==0.9.0