diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1f7f688..36e13dd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # latest versions supporting python 2.7
 colorlog==4.8.0
-numpy==1.16
+numpy==1.22.0
 pyepics==3.4.3
 pykwalify==1.7.0
 PyYAML==5.4.1