diff --git a/setup/requirements.in b/setup/requirements.in
index afc3dd6..6888b3e 100644
--- a/setup/requirements.in
+++ b/setup/requirements.in
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ mpmath==1.3.0
 versioneer==0.29
 tzdata==2023.3
 pandas==2.0.3
-numexpr==2.8.4
+numexpr==2.8.5
 
 # /apps/gent/RHEL8/cascadelake-ib/software/pybind11/2.11.1-GCCcore-12.3.0
 pybind11==2.11.1