diff --git a/sanpy/scatterwidget/requirements.txt b/sanpy/scatterwidget/requirements.txt
index 15da91b7..047b586b 100644
--- a/sanpy/scatterwidget/requirements.txt
+++ b/sanpy/scatterwidget/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cycler==0.10.0
 kiwisolver==1.3.1
 matplotlib==3.4.1
 mplcursors==0.4
-numpy==1.20.2
+numpy==1.22.0
 pandas==1.2.4
 #Pillow==8.2.0
 pyparsing==2.4.7