diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e6f2ee6..d023692 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     'datasketch==0.2.6',
     'networkx>=2.4',
     'nltk==3.4.5',
-    'numpy==1.20.1',
+    'numpy==1.22.0',
     'requests==2.24.0',
     'unidecode==1.2.0',
     'vectorizedMinHash>=0.0.2'