diff --git a/nlp/requirements.txt b/nlp/requirements.txt
index f966030..ac2e670 100644
--- a/nlp/requirements.txt
+++ b/nlp/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
   
 gunicorn==19.7.1
-numpy==1.16.5
+numpy==1.22.0
 nltk==3.4.5
 Flask==1.1.1
 requests==2.20.1