diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 56d78b43..a4a1aae7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -86,14 +86,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
-        # https://github.com/scipy/oldest-supported-numpy/blob/main/setup.cfg
-        ver:
-          - {py: '3.8', np: '==1.19.3' }
-          - {py: '3.9', np: '==1.19.3'}
-          - {py: '3.10', np: '==1.21.6'}
-          - {py: '3.11', np: '==1.23.2'}
-          - {py: '3.12', np: '==1.26.2'}
-          - {py: '3.12', np: '>=2.0.0rc1'}
+        ver: [{py: '3.8', np: '1' }, {py: '3.9', np: '1'}, {py: '3.10', np: '1'}, {py: '3.11', np: '1'}, {py: '3.12', np: '1'}, {py: '3.12', np: '2'}]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
@@ -104,20 +97,15 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.ver.py }}
 
-      - name: Update pip
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-
       - name: Install dependencies
-        env:
-          NP_VER: ${{ matrix.ver.np }}
         run: |
-          python -m pip install build coveralls>=3.0.0 numpy${NP_VER}
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install build coveralls>=3.0.0 oldest-supported-numpy
 
       - name: bleeding edge
-        if: matrix.ver.np == '>=2.0.0rc1'
+        if: matrix.ver.np == '2'
         run: |
-          python -m pip install git+https://github.com/dfm/emcee.git
+          python -m pip install "numpy>=2.0.0rc1" git+https://github.com/dfm/emcee.git
 
       - name: Install GSTools
         env: