diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1267342fd..a5b818f49 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ authors = [{ name = "RC219805" }]
 dependencies = [
     # Pin numpy <2.3.0 for opencv-python compatibility
     # See: https://github.com/opencv/opencv-python/issues/954
-    "numpy>=1.24,<2.3.0",
+    "numpy>=1.24,<2.5.0",
     "Pillow>=10.0.0,<12",
     "scipy>=1.15,<2",
     "scikit-learn>=1.0,<2",
diff --git a/requirements-lint.txt b/requirements-lint.txt
index 62560fee0..716c57b23 100644
--- a/requirements-lint.txt
+++ b/requirements-lint.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Does NOT include heavy ML dependencies (torch, transformers, diffusers, realesrgan, etc.)
 
 # Core dependencies that are actually imported in linted files
-numpy>=1.24,<2.3.0
+numpy>=1.24,<2.5.0
 Pillow>=10,<12
 PyYAML>=6.0,<7
 tqdm>=4.66,<5
diff --git a/requirements/base.in b/requirements/base.in
index 12699988c..231d1acba 100644
--- a/requirements/base.in
+++ b/requirements/base.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Run `make compile` in this directory to generate pinned base.txt
 
 # Core array and image processing
-numpy>=1.24,<2.3.0         # pinned <2.3.0 for opencv compatibility
+numpy>=1.24,<2.5.0         # pinned <2.3.0 for opencv compatibility
 Pillow>=10.0.0,<13
 scipy>=1.15,<2
 scikit-learn>=1.8.0,<2       # classical ML (used in core features)