diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1930350..0325537 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 tqdm>=4.66.5
 pdoc>=14.6.0
-numpy~=1.26
-imageio>=2.35.0
+numpy>=2.1.0
+imageio>=2.35.1
 jax[cpu]>=0.4.31
 pyBlindOpt>=0.1.3
 matplotlib>=3.9.2
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2c1861e..839f23b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package_dir =
 packages = find:
 python_requires = >=3.8
 install_requires =
-    numpy~=1.26
+    numpy>=2.1.0
     pyUTSAlgorithms>=0.1.3
 
 [options.packages.find]