diff --git a/ci/circle-27-compat.yaml b/ci/circle-27-compat.yaml
index b5be569eb28a4..5e9842f4742c5 100644
--- a/ci/circle-27-compat.yaml
+++ b/ci/circle-27-compat.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies:
   - cython=0.28.2
   - jinja2=2.8
   - numexpr=2.4.4 # we test that we correctly don't use an unsupported numexpr
-  - numpy=1.9.2
+  - numpy=1.9.3
   - openpyxl
   - psycopg2
   - pytables=3.2.2
diff --git a/ci/travis-27-locale.yaml b/ci/travis-27-locale.yaml
index 78cbe8f59a8e0..73ab424329463 100644
--- a/ci/travis-27-locale.yaml
+++ b/ci/travis-27-locale.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies:
   - cython=0.28.2
   - lxml
   - matplotlib=1.4.3
-  - numpy=1.9.2
+  - numpy=1.9.3
   - openpyxl=2.4.0
   - python-dateutil
   - python-blosc