diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 17204e9d1..47f67c0f6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "asteval!=0.9.28,>=0.9.22",
   "netCDF4>=1.5.7",
   "numba>=0.55",
-  "numpy>=1.21.2,<2.2",
+  "numpy<2.2,>=1.21.2",
   "odfpy>=1.4.1",
   "openpyxl>=3.0.10",
   "pandas>=1.3.4",