diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5bc4c2ef..8f837597 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2020 (c) Cognizant Digital Business, Evolutionary AI. All rights reserved. Issued under the Apache 2.0 License.
 # data science
 pandas==1.1.2
-numpy==1.18.5
+numpy==1.22.0
 notebook==6.1.5
 scikit-learn==0.23.2
 scipy==1.5.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1391612c..3fe1ab53 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def read(fname):
     install_requires=[
         'keras==2.4.3',
         'neat-python==0.92',
-        'numpy==1.18.5',
+        'numpy==1.22.0',
         'pandas==1.1.2',
         'scikit-learn==0.23.2',
         'scipy==1.5.2',