diff --git a/packages/vaex-core/setup.py b/packages/vaex-core/setup.py
index 669875ffa..c486c4886 100644
--- a/packages/vaex-core/setup.py
+++ b/packages/vaex-core/setup.py
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def __str__(self):
     if not use_skbuild
     else [],
     zip_safe=False,
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.8,<3.13",  # 3.13 needs numpy 2.1 support ref https://github.com/vaexio/vaex/pull/2434
     classifiers=[
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",