diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f92b0979..77a66551 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-numpy>=1.24
+numpy>=1.21
 aiohttp>=3.8.6,<3.10
 requests>=2.28.2
 chardet>=5.1.0