diff --git a/requirements/runtime.txt b/requirements/runtime.txt
index 491c4f21..fbf33854 100644
--- a/requirements/runtime.txt
+++ b/requirements/runtime.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ easydict
 einops
 filelock>=3.3.0
 gast>=0.2.2
-# tensorflow 1.x compatability requires numpy version to be cap at 1.18
-numpy<=1.18
+numpy
 opencv-python
 oss2
 Pillow>=6.2.0