diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 5743636..71aa65d 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ nbformat==4.4.0
 networkx==2.1
 nltk==3.2.5
 notebook==5.4.1
-numpy==1.13.3
+numpy==1.22.0
 oauthlib==2.0.6
 pandocfilters==1.4.2
 parso==0.2.0