diff --git a/requirements/requirements-test-optional.txt b/requirements/requirements-test-optional.txt
index a5b23337b..8191c5fe2 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-test-optional.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-test-optional.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 h5py==3.11.0; implementation_name=='cpython'
-numpy==1.26.4
+numpy==2.0.0
 pandas==2.2.2; implementation_name=='cpython'
 tables==3.9.2; implementation_name=='cpython' and platform_machine != "arm64" or platform_system != "Darwin"