diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f7c23d2a..eb620b92 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ A Python package providing buffer compression and transformation codecs \
 for use in data storage and communication applications."""
 readme =  "README.rst"
 dependencies = [
-    "numpy>=1.7,<2",
+    "numpy>=1.7",
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dynamic = [