diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies-head.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies-head.yml
index 05eb139469..1c09269e90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies-head.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies-head.yml
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install uv
         uv pip install --system --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
         uv pip --no-cache --quiet install --system --upgrade ".[all,test]"
-        uv pip uninstall --system scipy numpy
-        uv pip install --system --upgrade --index-url https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple scipy
+        uv pip uninstall --system scipy
+        # uv wants to upgrade numpy to a dev release too, so don't --upgrade
+        uv pip install --system --index-url https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple scipy
         python -m pip list
 
     - name: Test with pytest