diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0f439a91a..71e7aaf2a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ base = [
     "hyperpyyaml",
     "inflect",
     "jsonlines",
-    "numpy>=2.0.0",
+    "numpy",
     "librosa",
     determine_scipy_version(),  # scipy or scipy>=1.4.0, <=1.12.0
     "loguru",