diff --git a/examples/benchmarks/CatBoost/requirements.txt b/examples/benchmarks/CatBoost/requirements.txt
index 507a659441c..1eb520aba3c 100644
--- a/examples/benchmarks/CatBoost/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/benchmarks/CatBoost/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 pandas==1.1.2
-numpy==1.17.4
+numpy==1.21.0
 catboost==0.24.3