diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 2fa296746efb..e7348b868d4b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ commands:
     parameters:
       numpy_version:
         type: string
-        default: "!=2.1.0"
+        default: "~=2.0.0"
     steps:
       - run:
           name: Install Python dependencies
diff --git a/requirements/dev/build-requirements.txt b/requirements/dev/build-requirements.txt
index 6f0c6029f4a2..0861a11c9ee5 100644
--- a/requirements/dev/build-requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev/build-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 pybind11!=2.13.3
 meson-python
-numpy
+numpy<2.1.0
 setuptools-scm