diff --git a/requirements/docs.txt b/requirements/docs.txt
index 84c91c874..a0b1943a5 100644
--- a/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ipython>=7.2.0, <9.0.0 # required for executing notebooks nbsphinx
 # pandoc
 # pandoc==2.9.2.1 # NB: as this is not a Python library, it should be installed manually on the system or via a package manager such as `conda`
 # alibi_detect dependencies (these are installed on ReadTheDocs so are not mocked)
-numpy>=1.16.2, <2.0.0
+numpy>=1.16.2, <3.0.0
 pandas>=1.0.0, <3.0.0
 matplotlib>=3.0.0, <4.0.0
 typing-extensions>=3.7.4.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c8d5218eb..11af90777 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def readme():
     # lower bounds based on Debian Stable versions where available
     install_requires=[
         "matplotlib>=3.0.0, <4.0.0",
-        "numpy>=1.16.2, <2.0.0",
+        "numpy>=1.16.2, <3.0.0",
         "pandas>=1.0.0, <3.0.0",
         "Pillow>=5.4.1, <11.0.0",
         "opencv-python>=3.2.0, <5.0.0",