diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5f28b1a..c890fe2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         "plyvel==1.0.4",
         "cmph-cffi==0.3.0",
         "diskarray==0.1.9",
-        "numpy==1.14.3",
+        "numpy==1.22.0",
     ],
     package_dir={"diskdict": "diskdict"},
     packages=find_packages("."),