diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8941a9e11..c461a79c1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ git+https://github.com/cfe-lab/iva.git@v1.1.1
 biopython==1.81
 git+https://github.com/cfe-lab/gotoh.git@v0.3.0#egg=gotoh&subdirectory=alignment/gotoh
 git+https://github.com/cfe-lab/pyvdrm.git@v0.3.2
-numpy==1.24.3
+numpy==1.26.1
 scipy==1.10.1
 matplotlib==3.7.3
 cutadapt==3.7