diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0adf5b1..93cbd0b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 qiskit_terra==0.8.0
-numpy==1.16.3
+numpy==1.22.0
 PyNaCl==1.3.0
 requests==2.22.0
 matplotlib==3.1.0