diff --git a/requirements/docs.txt b/requirements/docs.txt
index ba6eb8a1c..78b34cfff 100644
--- a/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ shap>=0.40.0, <0.44.0 # https://github.com/SeldonIO/alibi/issues/333
 # alibi dependencies (these are installed on ReadTheDocs so are not mocked)
 typing-extensions>=3.7.4.3
 #AttributeError: `np.obj2sctype` was removed in the NumPy 2.0 release. Use `np.dtype(obj).type` instead.
-numpy<2.0.0
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+numpy<3.0.0
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9b9c5fa68..1c7a52ca8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def readme():
           python_requires='>=3.9',
           # lower bounds based on Debian Stable versions where available
           install_requires=[
-              'numpy>=1.16.2, <2.0.0',
+              'numpy>=1.16.2, <3.0.0',
               'pandas>=1.0.0, <3.0.0',
               'scikit-learn>=1.0.0, <2.0.0',
               'spacy[lookups]>=2.0.0, <3.8.0',  # later versions depend on `numpy<3.0.0,>=2.0.0`