diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8790d0a018b8160ad804a39efcd86d8b9bb43f5b..207c8227ff3976f2bf53fcf8bc99f0f4e3b4384d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ REQUIREMENTS = [
     'dataclasses;python_version<"3.7"',
     'jsonnet==0.15.0',
     'filelock==3.0;python_version>="3.9"',
-    'numpy==1.19.4;python_version<"3.9"',
     'numpy==1.22.0',
     'overrides==3.1.0',
     'requests==2.23.0',