diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 3d8a237f..3586e940 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Flask-Cors==3.0.8
 Flask-Login==0.5.0
 Flask-Migrate==2.5.2
 Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.4.1
-numpy==1.18.1
+numpy==1.22.0
 openpyxl==3.0.3
 pandas==1.0.1
 psycopg2==2.8.4