diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f9aef76..f499077 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ gensim==0.13.3
 idna==2.6
 murmurhash==0.26.4
 nltk==3.2.1
-numpy==1.11.2
+numpy==1.21.0
 pathlib==1.0.1
 plac==0.9.6
 preshed==0.46.4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cae663e..8e0776f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def readme():
     install_requires=[
         # ML
         'nalaf == 0.2.2',
-        'numpy == 1.11.2',
+        'numpy == 1.21.0',
         'scipy == 0.18.1',  # or 0.19.0
         'scikit-learn == 0.18.1',
         'spacy == 1.2.0',