diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 798ae824..1b700bb2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "more-itertools",
     "natsort",
     "networkx",
-    "numpy<2",
+    "numpy",
     "ortools",
     "pybedtools",
     "pyefd",