diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fc07b2d8df..da1992d2bf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyclipper",
     "lmdb",
     "tqdm",
-    "numpy",
+    "numpy<2.0",
     "rapidfuzz",
     "opencv-python<=4.6.0.66",
     "opencv-contrib-python<=4.6.0.66",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 56856c5c54..c756367f13 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ imgaug
 pyclipper
 lmdb
 tqdm
-numpy
+numpy<2.0
 rapidfuzz
 opencv-python<=4.6.0.66
 opencv-contrib-python<=4.6.0.66