diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b563351..e501b90 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
     "biopython>=1.81",
-    "numpy>=1.20",
+    "numpy>=2.0.2",
     "torch",
     "fair-esm",
     "scikit-learn",