diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5851d46..16ffbda 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ aiohttp = [
 databento-dbn = "0.22.0"
 numpy = [
     {version = ">=1.23.5", python = "<3.12"},
-    {version = "^1.26.0", python = "^3.12"}
+    {version = ">=1.26.0", python = "^3.12"}
 ]
 pandas = ">=1.5.3"
 pip-system-certs = {version=">=4.0", markers="platform_system == 'Windows'"}