Index: pyproject.toml
--- pyproject.toml.orig
+++ pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 requires = [
     "Cython>=0.29",
     "oldest-supported-numpy ; python_version < '3.9'",
-    "numpy>=2.0.0rc1 ; python_version >= '3.9'",
+    "numpy>=1.26.4 ; python_version >= '3.9'",
     "setuptools>=61", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
