diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ba442a5..3b1ee49 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ packages = find:
 install_requires =
   nibabel >= 3.2.1; python_version >= '3.0'
   nibabel >= 2.0; python_version < '3.0'
-  numpy>=1.26.0b1; python_version > '3.11'
-  numpy; python_version <= '3.11'
+  numpy~=1.26.0; python_version > '3.8'
+  numpy; python_version <= '3.8'
   scipy