diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d7beed4..60719c9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "scipy",
     "requests>=2.0.0,<3.0.0",
     "conllu",
-    # numpy needs to be constrained until spacy and nmslib are rebuilt
-    "numpy<2.0",
+    "numpy>=1.24.0",
     "joblib",
     "nmslib>=2.1.2",
     "scikit-learn>=0.20.3",