diff --git a/tools/ci_build/requirements.txt b/tools/ci_build/requirements.txt
index 67b534a37d..d04bea2ea4 100644
--- a/tools/ci_build/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/ci_build/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # packages used by transformers tool test
 protobuf==3.17.0
-numpy==1.19.2
+numpy==1.21.0
 coloredlogs==15.0
 transformers==4.6.1
 onnxconverter-common==1.8.1