diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1d3d76e3..770d24b8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ requires = [
     "numpy==1.21.3; python_version=='3.10'",
     "numpy==1.24.2; python_version=='3.11'",
     # do not pin numpy on future versions of python to avoid incompatible numpy and python versions
-    "numpy; python_version>='3.11'",
+    "numpy==1.26.*; python_version=='3.12'",
     "ninja; platform_system!='Windows'"
 ]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index af4a7fd0..8d7f88cf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def get_version():
 
 
 install_requires = [
-    "numpy>=1.15,<1.25.0",
+    "numpy>=1.15",
     "threedi-schema==0.219.*",
     "shapely>=2",
     "pyproj>=3",