diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7760635b6cf70a20bac0e26b2e55e4ae6d9879e1..829871a6a070614db9054cb5493d8cc346fc1482 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ tests:
     - python3.6 -m venv venv/
     - source venv/bin/activate
     - pip install --upgrade pip
+    - pip install numpy
     - pip install -r requirements.txt
     - chmod +x ./CI/run_pytest.sh
     - ./CI/run_pytest.sh
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0d7348680b0f984bd5880ba0dc649bd781697427..a5854fea755d20cc95afd161f587e709a29cfd19 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ typing-extensions==3.7.4.3
 urllib3==1.26.3
 Werkzeug==1.0.1
 wget==3.2
-xarray==0.16.1
+xarray==0.16.2
 zipp==3.4.0
 
 --no-binary shapely Shapely==1.7.0