diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 4c9a89e..01bc047 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ lxml==4.4.1
 Markdown==3.1.1
 MarkupSafe==1.1.1
 matplotlib==3.1.1
-numpy==1.17.4
+numpy==1.22.0
 oauthlib==3.1.0
 opencv-python==4.1.1.26
 opt-einsum==3.1.0