diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bf42ab1..748d0a3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     packages=['blg_strain'],
     install_requires=[
         'matplotlib==3.3.3',
-        'numpy==1.18.1',
+        'numpy==1.22.0',
         'scipy==1.3.2',
         'h5py==2.10.0',
         'scikit-image==0.17.2'