diff --git a/ES_matching/requirements.txt b/ES_matching/requirements.txt
index fee5572..ea57bbd 100644
--- a/ES_matching/requirements.txt
+++ b/ES_matching/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Metaphone==0.6.0
 python-Levenshtein==0.12.0
 pyjarowinkler==1.8.0
 elasticsearch==7.1.0
-numpy==1.18.1
+numpy==1.22.0
 pandas==0.24.2
 python-dateutil==2.8.1
 pytz==2019.3