diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 607249c..7f5265a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 # add your package dependencies here
 dependencies = [
-    "numpy<2",
+    "numpy",
     "anndata", 
     "pydantic",
     "pandas>=1.2.0",