diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5c742966..feaf5fd4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "Cython", "numpy==1.17.5"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "Cython", "numpy==1.18.5"]
 
 [flake8]
 max-line-length=120
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cb20c61e..eedf7d61 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 torch>=1.7
 tensorflow==2.3.1
-numpy==1.17.5
+numpy==1.18.5
 scipy>=0.19.0
 numba==0.48
 librosa==0.7.2