Index: pyproject.toml
--- pyproject.toml.orig
+++ pyproject.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ requires = [
     "cython>=0.29.20",
     "wheel",
     "oldest-supported-numpy ; python_version < '3.9'",
-    "numpy>=2.0.0rc1,<3 ; python_version >= '3.9'",
+    "numpy>=1.26.4,<3 ; python_version >= '3.9'",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
