diff --git a/requirements-rtd.txt b/requirements-rtd.txt
index 7243b1f..f123590 100644
--- a/requirements-rtd.txt
+++ b/requirements-rtd.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ networkx>=2.1
 pybel==0.13.2
 click==7.0
 tqdm==4.31.1
-numpy==1.16.3
+numpy==1.22.0
 scipy==1.2.1
 scikit-learn==0.21.3
 pandas==0.24.2
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6644096..2aa4e2e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ install_requires =
     biokeen==0.0.14
     click==7.0
     tqdm==4.31.1
-    numpy==1.16.3
+    numpy==1.22.0
     scipy==1.2.1
     scikit-learn==0.21.3
     pandas==0.24.2