diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index bc23637727e1da..02c50fd48628cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ jobs:
           . ~/virtualenvs/pandas-dev/bin/activate
           python -m pip install --no-cache-dir -U pip wheel setuptools meson[ninja]==1.2.1 meson-python==0.13.1
           python -m pip install numpy --config-settings=setup-args="-Dallow-noblas=true"
-          python -m pip install --no-cache-dir versioneer[toml] cython python-dateutil pytz pytest>=7.3.2 pytest-xdist>=2.2.0 hypothesis>=6.46.1
+          python -m pip install --no-cache-dir versioneer[toml] cython python-dateutil pytz<2024.2 pytest>=7.3.2 pytest-xdist>=2.2.0 hypothesis>=6.46.1
           python -m pip install --no-cache-dir --no-build-isolation -e . --config-settings=setup-args="--werror"
           python -m pip list --no-cache-dir
           export PANDAS_CI=1
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ jobs:
           /opt/python/cp311-cp311/bin/python -m venv ~/virtualenvs/pandas-dev
           . ~/virtualenvs/pandas-dev/bin/activate
           python -m pip install --no-cache-dir -U pip wheel setuptools meson-python==0.13.1 meson[ninja]==1.2.1
-          python -m pip install --no-cache-dir versioneer[toml] cython numpy python-dateutil pytz pytest>=7.3.2 pytest-xdist>=2.2.0 hypothesis>=6.46.1
+          python -m pip install --no-cache-dir versioneer[toml] cython numpy python-dateutil pytz<2024.2 pytest>=7.3.2 pytest-xdist>=2.2.0 hypothesis>=6.46.1
           python -m pip install --no-cache-dir --no-build-isolation -e . --config-settings=setup-args="--werror"
           python -m pip list --no-cache-dir
 
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel meson[ninja]==1.2.1 meson-python==0.13.1
           python -m pip install --pre --extra-index-url https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple numpy
           python -m pip install versioneer[toml]
-          python -m pip install python-dateutil pytz tzdata cython hypothesis>=6.46.1 pytest>=7.3.2 pytest-xdist>=2.2.0 pytest-cov
+          python -m pip install python-dateutil pytz<2024.2 tzdata cython hypothesis>=6.46.1 pytest>=7.3.2 pytest-xdist>=2.2.0 pytest-cov
           python -m pip install -ve . --no-build-isolation --no-index --no-deps --config-settings=setup-args="--werror"
           python -m pip list
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
index 4bd9068e91b678..3d4fbfb995fb3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -170,13 +170,13 @@ jobs:
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
           $TST_CMD = @"
-          python -m pip install hypothesis>=6.46.1 pytest>=7.3.2 pytest-xdist>=2.2.0;
+          python -m pip install hypothesis>=6.46.1 pytest>=7.3.2 pytest-xdist>=2.2.0 pytz<2024.2;
           python -m pip install `$(Get-Item pandas\wheelhouse\*.whl);
           python -c `'import pandas as pd; pd.test(extra_args=[`\"--no-strict-data-files`\", `\"-m not clipboard and not single_cpu and not slow and not network and not db`\"])`';
           "@
           # add rc to the end of the image name if the Python version is unreleased
-          docker pull python:${{ matrix.python[1] == '3.12' && '3.12-rc' || format('{0}-windowsservercore', matrix.python[1]) }}
-          docker run --env PANDAS_CI='1' -v ${PWD}:C:\pandas python:${{ matrix.python[1] == '3.12' && '3.12-rc' || format('{0}-windowsservercore', matrix.python[1]) }} powershell -Command $TST_CMD
+          docker pull python:${{ matrix.python[1] == '3.13' && '3.13-rc' || format('{0}-windowsservercore', matrix.python[1]) }}
+          docker run --env PANDAS_CI='1' -v ${PWD}:C:\pandas python:${{ matrix.python[1] == '3.13' && '3.13-rc' || format('{0}-windowsservercore', matrix.python[1]) }} powershell -Command $TST_CMD
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index db9f055799ab05..2b1490e26d9abf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ requires = [
     "meson==1.2.1",
     "wheel",
     "Cython==3.0.5",  # Note: sync with setup.py, environment.yml and asv.conf.json
-    # Force numpy higher than 2.0rc1, so that built wheels are compatible
+    # Force numpy higher than 2.0, so that built wheels are compatible
     # with both numpy 1 and 2
-    "numpy>=2.0.0rc1",
+    "numpy>=2.0",
     "versioneer[toml]"
 ]
 
@@ -153,10 +153,8 @@ setup = ['--vsenv'] # For Windows
 skip = "cp36-* cp37-* cp38-* pp* *_i686 *_ppc64le *_s390x"
 build-verbosity = "3"
 environment = {LDFLAGS="-Wl,--strip-all"}
-# TODO: remove this once numpy 2.0 proper releases
-# and specify numpy 2.0 as a dependency in [build-system] requires in pyproject.toml
-before-build = "pip install numpy==2.0.0rc1"
-test-requires = "hypothesis>=6.46.1 pytest>=7.3.2 pytest-xdist>=2.2.0"
+# pytz 2024.2 causing some failures
+test-requires = "hypothesis>=6.46.1 pytest>=7.3.2 pytest-xdist>=2.2.0 pytz<2024.2"
 test-command = """
   PANDAS_CI='1' python -c 'import pandas as pd; \
   pd.test(extra_args=["-m not clipboard and not single_cpu and not slow and not network and not db", "-n 2", "--no-strict-data-files"]); \
@@ -164,9 +162,7 @@ test-command = """
   """
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.windows]
-# TODO: remove this once numpy 2.0 proper releases
-# and specify numpy 2.0 as a dependency in [build-system] requires in pyproject.toml
-before-build = "pip install delvewheel numpy==2.0.0rc1"
+before-build = "pip install delvewheel"
 repair-wheel-command = "delvewheel repair -w {dest_dir} {wheel}"
 
 [[tool.cibuildwheel.overrides]]