diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.wheels b/docker/Dockerfile.wheels
index 272c731e3..278d989e0 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.wheels
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.wheels
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ RUN pip3 install scikit-build
 
 RUN pip3 wheel --wheel-dir=/wheels \
     opencv-python-headless \
-    # pinning due to issue in 1.19.5 https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/18131
-    numpy==1.19.4 \
+    numpy \
     imutils \
     scipy \
     psutil \