diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 603b743..74fa294 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ notebooks/*
 *.sbatch
 *.err
 *.out
+.conda
+.idea/
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 72e22a1..4d6ae62 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-numpy==1.15.2
+numpy>=1.21.6
 pyliftover==0.4
 pytabix==0.1