diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a91fbd247222450f3572f3f4022d3e9af9cdcc6a..00d810fbe52ef20fc2ba47b8a430b573969ae8ea 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ setup_kwargs = {
     "license": "MIT",
     "install_requires": [
         "pandas",
-        "numpy==1.21.2",
+        "numpy -U",
         "scipy",
         "scikit-learn",
         "gensim",