diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index aec01f1..893bf61 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 fastcluster==1.1.26
-numexpr==2.7.1
+numexpr==2.8.5
 numpy==1.18.3
 pandas==1.0.3
 pybedtools==0.8.1