diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 89c2e85..353a5e4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ meson==1.5.0
 numpy==1.23.0
 scipy
 cvxpy
-numexpr==2.8.4
+numexpr==2.8.5
 opencv-python
 matplotlib
 ninja
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7e46cf7..3020964 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     url='http://github.com/comp-imaging/ProxImaL/',
     install_requires=["numpy <= 1.23.0",
                       "scipy >= 0.15",
-                      "numexpr <= 2.8.4",
+                      "numexpr <= 2.8.5",
                       "Pillow",
                       "meson >= 0.58"],
 )