diff --git a/API/pythonCppAPI/requirements.txt b/API/pythonCppAPI/requirements.txt
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index a0754b2d..5d9b4593
--- a/API/pythonCppAPI/requirements.txt
+++ b/API/pythonCppAPI/requirements.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ nbconvert==5.5.0
 nbformat==4.4.0
 networkx==2.3
 notebook==5.7.8
-numpy==1.16.4
+numpy==1.22.0
 opencv-python==4.1.0.25
 pandocfilters==1.4.2
 parso==0.5.0