diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 25bc7568..0a3c387f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ itsdangerous==0.24        # via flask
 jinja2==2.10              # via flask
 markupsafe==1.0           # via jinja2
 meld3==1.0.2
-numpy==1.15.2             # via biopython
+numpy==1.22.0             # via biopython
 orderedmultidict==1.0     # via htpasswd
 prometheus-client==0.4.2
 python-dateutil==2.7.3    # via arrow, croniter