diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5f08b7b..7e1af51 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ env:
       - BUILD_COMMIT="v1.3.0"
       - UNICODE_WIDTH=32
       - PLAT=aarch64
-      - NP_BUILD_DEP="numpy==1.16.5"
-      - NP_TEST_DEP="numpy==1.16.5"
+      - NP_BUILD_DEP="numpy==1.17.3"
+      - NP_TEST_DEP="numpy==1.17.3"
       - CYTHON_BUILD_DEP="cython==0.29.21"
       - WHEELHOUSE_UPLOADER_USERNAME=travis-worker
       - TEST_DEPENDS="pytest pytest-xdist hypothesis"
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ jobs:
     - os: linux
       env:
         - MB_PYTHON_VERSION=3.7
-        - NP_BUILD_DEP="numpy==1.16.5"
-        - NP_TEST_DEP="numpy==1.16.5"
+        - NP_BUILD_DEP="numpy==1.17.3"
+        - NP_TEST_DEP="numpy==1.17.3"
     - os: linux
       env:
         - MB_PYTHON_VERSION=3.8
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 0c00cef..afffb33 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ jobs:
         py_3.7_32:
           PYTHON_VERSION: "3.7"
           PYTHON_ARCH: "x86"
-          NP_BUILD_DEP: "1.16.5"
-          NIGHTLY_BUILD: "true"
+          NP_BUILD_DEP: "1.17.3"
+          # pandas 1.4 requires py3.8+, remove this job on 1.4 release
+          NIGHTLY_BUILD: "false"
         py_3.7_64:
           PYTHON_VERSION: "3.7"
           PYTHON_ARCH: "x64"
-          NP_BUILD_DEP: "1.16.5"
-          NIGHTLY_BUILD: "true"
+          NP_BUILD_DEP: "1.17.3"
+          # pandas 1.4 requires py3.8+, remove this job on 1.4 release
+          NIGHTLY_BUILD: "false"
         py_3.8_32:
           PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8"
           PYTHON_ARCH: "x86"
@@ -58,12 +60,14 @@ jobs:
         py_3.7_32:
           MB_PYTHON_VERSION: "3.7"
           PLAT: "i686"
-          NP_BUILD_DEP: "numpy==1.16.5"
-          NIGHTLY_BUILD: "true"
+          NP_BUILD_DEP: "numpy==1.17.3"
+          # pandas 1.4 requires py3.8+, remove this job on 1.4 release
+          NIGHTLY_BUILD: "false"
         py_3.7_64:
           MB_PYTHON_VERSION: "3.7"
-          NP_BUILD_DEP: "numpy==1.16.5"
-          NIGHTLY_BUILD: "true"
+          NP_BUILD_DEP: "numpy==1.17.3"
+          # pandas 1.4 requires py3.8+, remove this job on 1.4 release
+          NIGHTLY_BUILD: "false"
         py_3.8_32:
           MB_PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8"
           PLAT: "i686"
@@ -91,8 +95,9 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         py_3.7_64:
           MB_PYTHON_VERSION: "3.7"
-          NP_BUILD_DEP: "numpy==1.16.5"
-          NIGHTLY_BUILD: "true"
+          NP_BUILD_DEP: "numpy==1.17.3"
+          # pandas 1.4 requires py3.8+, remove this job on 1.4 release
+          NIGHTLY_BUILD: "false"
         py_3.8_64:
           MB_PYTHON_VERSION: "3.8"
           NP_BUILD_DEP: "numpy==1.17.3"
diff --git a/azure/posix.yml b/azure/posix.yml
index 3dedbc9..0cde32a 100644
--- a/azure/posix.yml
+++ b/azure/posix.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       REPO_DIR: "pandas"
       BUILD_COMMIT: "v1.3.0"
       PLAT: "x86_64"
-      NP_BUILD_DEP: "numpy==1.16.5"
+      NP_BUILD_DEP: "numpy==1.17.3"
       CYTHON_BUILD_DEP: "cython==0.29.21"
       NIGHTLY_BUILD_COMMIT: "master"
       NIGHTLY_BUILD: "false"
diff --git a/azure/windows.yml b/azure/windows.yml
index d849739..c12c1a5 100644
--- a/azure/windows.yml
+++ b/azure/windows.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
       vmImage: ${{ parameters.vmImage }}
     variables:
       BUILD_COMMIT: "v1.3.0"
-      NP_BUILD_DEP: "1.16.5"
+      NP_BUILD_DEP: "1.17.3"
       CYTHON_BUILD_DEP: "0.29.21"
       NIGHTLY_BUILD_COMMIT: "master"
       NIGHTLY_BUILD: "false"