diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9c34bd9..a215ca6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@
         'networkx==2.4',
         'pysam==0.15.3',
         'nose==1.3',
-        'numpy==1.17'],
+        'numpy==1.22.0'],
     include_package_data=True,
 )