diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
index 7e58abd..a4d3072 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
 
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.16.5
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.19.1
         with:
           package-dir: ./python
           output-dir: ./wheelhouse
         # to supply options, put them in 'env', like:
         env:
           CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: ${{matrix.arch}}
-          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: pip install oldest-supported-numpy setuptools wheel
+          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: pip install "numpy>=2" setuptools wheel
           CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS: "x86_64 arm64"
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 0faace6..174aa16 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def __repr__(self):
 
 setuptools.setup(
   setup_requires=['pbr', 'cython'],
-  python_requires=">=3.7,<4",
+  python_requires=">=3.8,<4",
   ext_modules=[
     setuptools.Extension(
       'edt',