diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 603e283e..75101294 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ keywords = [
 
 # ---------------- CORE DEPENDENCIES (SAFE DEFAULT) ----------------
 dependencies = [
-  "numpy>=1.21.0",
+  "numpy>=2.0.2",
   "pandas>=1.3.0",
   "scipy>=1.13.1",
   "scikit-learn>=1.0.0",