diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d4022ed9a..2ffcc5337 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "lxml",
     "PyPDF2",
     "scikit-image>=0.14.2",
-    "numpy<2.0",
+    "numpy>2.0",
 ]
 dynamic = [
     "version",
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index f6fcf7e56..dc4ee2098 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ git+https://github.com/spacetelescope/stsci.tools.git
 git+https://github.com/spacetelescope/stwcs.git
 git+https://github.com/spacetelescope/stregion.git
 #git+https://github.com/astropy/astroquery.git
-numpy<2.0.dev0
+numpy>2.0.dev0
 scipy>=0.0.dev0
 pyerfa>=0.0.dev0
 astropy>=0.0.dev0