diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6b899ac..888018c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
   "dacite",
   "f90nml>=1.1.0",
-  "numpy==1.26.4",
+  "numpy>=2",
   "pyyaml",
   "xarray"
 ]