diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 56709d6..809c371 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 fasttext==0.7.6
-numpy==1.12.1
+numpy==1.21.0
 pyxDamerauLevenshtein==1.4.1