diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 3a2d132..a8080c6 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Markdown==3.2.2
 MarkupSafe==1.1.1
 matplotlib==3.3.0
 mccabe==0.6.1
-numpy==1.17.0
+numpy==1.22.0
 oauthlib==3.1.0
 opencv-python==4.2.0.34
 Pillow==7.2.0