diff --git a/requirements/common.txt b/requirements/common.txt
index d5de4a9d..58b30134 100644
--- a/requirements/common.txt
+++ b/requirements/common.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ ipython==0.13.2
 kombu==3.0.35
 networkx==1.10
 nose==1.3.0
-numpy==1.8.1
+numpy==1.22.0
 psycopg2==2.7.3.2
 pyinter==0.1.6
 pysam==0.8.3