diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 124cb6eed..eb99c3711 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def get_description():
     "fsspec",
     "matplotlib>=3",
     "numba>=0.56.0",
-    "numpy>=1.18.0",  # >1.18 for numba version restrictions with numba 0.56 series
+    "numpy>=1.22.0",  # >1.18 for numba version restrictions with numba 0.56 series
     "scipy>=1.1.0",
     "tqdm>=4.27.0",
     "lz4",