diff --git a/jwst/coron/imageregistration.py b/jwst/coron/imageregistration.py
index 38eb4c068b3..5ff21465aa6 100644
--- a/jwst/coron/imageregistration.py
+++ b/jwst/coron/imageregistration.py
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ def align_fourierLSQ(reference, target, mask=None):
 
     init_pars = [0., 0., 1.]
     results, _ = optimize.leastsq(shift_subtract, init_pars,
-                                  args=(reference, target, mask))
+                                  args=(reference, target, mask),
+                                  xtol=1E-8, ftol=1E-8)
+
     return results
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ff6b5574724..346ca20ff32 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "crds>=11.17.14",
     "drizzle>=1.15.0",
     "gwcs>=0.21.0,<0.23.0",
-    "numpy>=1.22,<2.0",
+    "numpy>=1.22",
     "opencv-python-headless>=4.6.0.66",
     "photutils>=1.5.0",
     "psutil>=5.7.2",