diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 525172b64..125e0610b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ install_requires =
     imageio>=2.0.0
     Pillow
     matplotlib
-    numpy==1.23.5
+    numpy==2.0.0rc2
     altair
 
 zip_safe = False