diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7f38e14..12ba3f9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 pymongo==2.7.2
 hy==0.10.1
 nltk==3.4.5
-numpy==1.9.0
+numpy==1.22.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ad8dde3..c6f0b9f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     keywords='poetry',
     packages=['prosaic'],
     install_requires = ['nltk==3.8.1',
-                        'numpy==1.24.0',
+                        'numpy==1.22.0',
                         'SQLAlchemy==1.4.46',
                         'pyhocon==0.3.29',
                         'psycopg2-binary==2.9.5',],