diff --git a/ci/requirements-py3.10.yml b/ci/requirements-py3.10.yml
index 9f97f69aa5..617d89c755 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-py3.10.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements-py3.10.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
     - ephem
     - h5py
     - numba
-    - numpy >= 1.16.0
+    - numpy >= 1.17.3
     - pandas >= 1.3.0
     - pip
     - pytest
diff --git a/ci/requirements-py3.11.yml b/ci/requirements-py3.11.yml
index 0ad4447f97..2ffdd932bd 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-py3.11.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements-py3.11.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
     - ephem
     - h5py
     - numba
-    - numpy >= 1.16.0
+    - numpy >= 1.17.3
     - pandas >= 1.3.0
     - pip
     - pytest
diff --git a/ci/requirements-py3.12.yml b/ci/requirements-py3.12.yml
index e81054ee06..250a9344c0 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-py3.12.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements-py3.12.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
     - ephem
     - h5py
     - numba
-    - numpy >= 1.16.0
+    - numpy >= 1.17.3
     - pandas >= 1.3.0
     - pip
     - pytest
diff --git a/ci/requirements-py3.7-min.yml b/ci/requirements-py3.7-min.yml
index 85995a132f..6371d5afb9 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-py3.7-min.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements-py3.7-min.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies:
     - pip:
         - dataclasses
         - h5py==3.1.0
-        - numpy==1.16.0
+        - numpy==1.17.3
         - pandas==1.3.0
         - scipy==1.5.0
         - pytest-rerunfailures # conda version is >3.6
diff --git a/ci/requirements-py3.7.yml b/ci/requirements-py3.7.yml
index 339ea48e6e..4b175ec532 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-py3.7.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements-py3.7.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
     - ephem
     - h5py
     - numba
-    - numpy >= 1.16.0
+    - numpy >= 1.17.3
     - pandas >= 1.3.0
     - pip
     - pytest
diff --git a/ci/requirements-py3.8.yml b/ci/requirements-py3.8.yml
index 4cdc543635..814708a911 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-py3.8.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements-py3.8.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
     - ephem
     - h5py
     - numba
-    - numpy >= 1.16.0
+    - numpy >= 1.17.3
     - pandas >= 1.3.0
     - pip
     - pytest
diff --git a/ci/requirements-py3.9.yml b/ci/requirements-py3.9.yml
index 39b453e4b5..24573894b7 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-py3.9.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements-py3.9.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
     - ephem
     - h5py
     - numba
-    - numpy >= 1.16.0
+    - numpy >= 1.17.3
     - pandas >= 1.3.0
     - pip
     - pytest
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.10.4.rst b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.10.4.rst
index 39395dd76d..0d5a72320d 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.10.4.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.10.4.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Documentation
 Requirements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Minimum version of pandas advanced from 0.25.0 to 1.3.0. (:pull:`1969`)
+* Minimum version of numpy advanced from 1.16.0 to 1.17.3. (:pull:`1969`)
+
 
 Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 030019b1f8..0053f0e568 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 dependencies = [
-    'numpy >= 1.16.0',
+    'numpy >= 1.17.3',
     'pandas >= 1.3.0',
     'pytz',
     'requests',