diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f56c045e..e46f8f8f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ requires = [
     'setuptools>=61.2',
     'setuptools_scm>=6.2',
     'cython>=3.0.0,<3.1.0',
-    'numpy>=1.25',
+    'numpy>=2.0.0rc1',
     'extension-helpers==1.*',
 ]
 build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta'