diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3cd4c87..afc8679 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ classifiers = [
     'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    'numpy >= 1.16.0',
+    'numpy >= 2.0.2',
     'scipy >= 1.2.0',
     'networkx >= 2.8.3',
     'importlib-resources; python_version<"3.9"',