diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 58fba213..9c1af127 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
   "numpy<2.0; python_version<'3.9'",
-  "numpy==2.0.2; python_version>='3.9' and python_version<'3.13'",
-  "numpy==2.1.3; python_version=='3.13'",
+  # NumPy >=1.25 defaults to exposing "an API that is backwards compatible with the oldest NumPy version that supports the currently oldest compatible Python version"
+  # https://numpy.org/devdocs/dev/depending_on_numpy.html#adding-a-dependency-on-numpy
+  "numpy>=2.0; python_version>='3.9'",
   "packaging",
   "pip",
   "scikit-build>=0.14.0",