diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7b259690ac..1e40a81c4e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "crds>=11.17.14",
     "drizzle>=1.15.0",
     "gwcs>=0.21.0,<0.23.0",
-    "numpy>=1.22,<2.0",
+    "numpy>=1.22",
     "opencv-python-headless>=4.6.0.66",
     "photutils>=1.5.0",
     "psutil>=5.7.2",