diff --git a/recipe/patch_yaml/scipy.yaml b/recipe/patch_yaml/scipy.yaml
index 7795c9d35..cea2882e6 100644
--- a/recipe/patch_yaml/scipy.yaml
+++ b/recipe/patch_yaml/scipy.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,19 @@
 
 if:
   name: scipy
-  version_le: 1.9.2
+  version: 1.9.2
+  timestamp_lt: 1737471013000
+
+then:
+  - replace_depends:
+      old: numpy >=1.20.3,<2.0a0
+      new: numpy >=1.20.3,<1.26.0
+
+---
+
+if:
+  name: scipy
+  version_le: 1.9.1
   version_ge: 1.9.0
   timestamp_lt: 1737471013000