diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 08415868de..634eec058b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "importlib_metadata",
     # For proper typing, mypy needs numpy>=1.20.0 (cf. https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/16515)
     # Additional typing support is brought by numpy>=1.22.4, but core build sticks to >=1.16.0
-    "numpy>=1.16.0,<2.0.0",
+    "numpy>=1.16.0,<3.0.0",
     "scipy>=1.4.0,<2.0.0",
     "h5py>=3.1.0,<4.0.0",
     "opencv-python>=4.5.0,<5.0.0",