diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1a871b3..2e8ff8d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "genome_uploader"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.1.1"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
   {name = "MGnify team", email = "metagenomics-help@ebi.ac.uk"},
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "requests==2.26.0",
     "pandas==1.4.1",
     "python-dotenv==1.0.1"
+    "numpy==1.26.4"
 ]
 
 [project.urls]