diff --git a/.github/workflows/sdist.yml b/.github/workflows/sdist.yml
index 21d252f4cef67..e4bb556359177 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sdist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sdist.yml
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         case "${{matrix.python-version}}" in
         3.8)
-          pip install numpy==1.18.5 ;;
+          pip install numpy==1.19.5 ;;
         3.9)
-          pip install numpy==1.19.3 ;;
+          pip install numpy==1.19.5 ;;
         3.10)
           pip install numpy==1.21.2 ;;
         esac