diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ PY_MODULES = ['openquake.commands.__main__']
 install_requires = [
     'setuptools',
     'h5py >=2.9, <2.10',
-    'numpy >=1.14, <1.17',
-    'scipy >=1.0.1, <1.4',
+    'numpy >=1.16, <1.17',
+    'scipy >=1.3, <1.4',
     'pyzmq <18.2',
     'psutil >=2.0, <5.7',
     'shapely >=1.3, <1.7',
Bump numpy and scipy in setup.py