diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e6a7b6a..da9d5dc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ gitpython = "*"
 drmaa = "*"
 tinydb = "^4.0.0"
 xarray = "*"
-# Numpy 1.26.0 is needed to support Python >=3.12, which dropped distutils. 
+# Numpy >=1.26.0 is needed to support Python >=3.12, which dropped distutils. 
 # See https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/issues/7611#issuecomment-1793859449 
-numpy = "^1.26.0" 
+numpy = ">=1.26.0" 
 pandas = "*"
 click = "*"
 salib = "^1.3.8"