diff --git a/templates/apex-0.1/requirements.txt b/templates/apex-0.1/requirements.txt
index 134802d2..346f6560 100644
--- a/templates/apex-0.1/requirements.txt
+++ b/templates/apex-0.1/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 algorithmia>=1.0.0,<2.0
 six
-numpy==1.16.0 # if you need a different version, please change this value - bear in mind however that it may take longer to compile.
+numpy==1.22.0 # if you need a different version, please change this value - bear in mind however that it may take longer to compile.
 torchvision==0.5.0 # if you need a different version, please change this value - bear in mind however that it may take longer to compile.
 torch>=1.3.0,<1.4.0 # if you need a different version, please change this value - bear in mind however that it may take longer to compile.
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