diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d391046..80b49d1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "lancedb>=0.11.0",
   "pyarrow>=16.0.0",
   "sentence-transformers>=3.0.0",
-  "numpy>=2.4.6,<3.0.0",
+  "numpy>=1.26.0,<2.3.0",
   "pydantic>=2.7.0",
   "torch-hd>=5.7.0",    # imports as `torchhd`; PyPI name has a dash
   "structlog>=24.0.0",