diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 5d428b7..ae230c0 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Install requirements.txt as well if you want to exercise real inference.
 flask>=3.0,<4.0
 waitress>=3.0,<4.0
-numpy>=1.26
+numpy>=2.5.2
 pillow>=10.0
 opencv-python-headless>=4.8,<5.0
 ruff>=0.6,<1.0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1b8b3d4..fbf02fb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ flask>=3.0,<4.0
 waitress>=3.0,<4.0        # production WSGI server (Flask's own is dev-only)
 ultralytics>=8.2,<9.0
 opencv-python>=4.8,<5.0
-numpy>=1.26
+numpy>=2.5.2
 pillow>=10.0
 hezar>=0.40
 cryptography>=42.0