diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index fb5c43c9ad8f4d..47f2db9661ba8c 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ env = Environment(
   COMPILATIONDB_USE_ABSPATH=True,
   REDNOSE_ROOT="#",
   tools=["default", "cython", "compilation_db", "rednose_filter"],
-  toolpath=["#rednose_repo/site_scons/site_tools"],
+  toolpath=["#site_scons/site_tools", "#rednose_repo/site_scons/site_tools"],
 )
 
 if arch == "Darwin":
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ if arch == "Darwin":
 else:
   envCython["LINKFLAGS"] = ["-pthread", "-shared"]
 
-Export('envCython')
+np_version = SCons.Script.Value(np.__version__)
+Export('envCython', 'np_version')
 
 # Qt build environment
 qt_env = env.Clone()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4c1e1344310a4a..1473cf57070ea4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "pycapnp",
   "Cython",
   "setuptools",
-  "numpy < 2.0.0", # control does not support numpy 2
+  "numpy",
 
   # body / webrtcd
   "aiohttp",
diff --git a/selfdrive/controls/lib/lateral_mpc_lib/SConscript b/selfdrive/controls/lib/lateral_mpc_lib/SConscript
index 73242cb8f9cf36..2c03da06a626df 100644
--- a/selfdrive/controls/lib/lateral_mpc_lib/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/controls/lib/lateral_mpc_lib/SConscript
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Import('env', 'envCython', 'arch', 'msgq_python', 'common_python', 'opendbc_python')
+Import('env', 'envCython', 'arch', 'msgq_python', 'common_python', 'opendbc_python', 'np_version')
 
 gen = "c_generated_code"
 
@@ -88,3 +88,4 @@ lenv2.Command(libacados_ocp_solver_c,
   f' {acados_ocp_solver_pyx.get_labspath()}')
 lib_cython = lenv2.Program(f'{gen}/acados_ocp_solver_pyx.so', [libacados_ocp_solver_c])
 lenv2.Depends(lib_cython, lib_solver)
+lenv2.Depends(libacados_ocp_solver_c, np_version)
diff --git a/selfdrive/controls/lib/longitudinal_mpc_lib/SConscript b/selfdrive/controls/lib/longitudinal_mpc_lib/SConscript
index 592c1c2c2da8ec..fc1e844d504a69 100644
--- a/selfdrive/controls/lib/longitudinal_mpc_lib/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/controls/lib/longitudinal_mpc_lib/SConscript
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Import('env', 'envCython', 'arch', 'msgq_python', 'common_python', 'opendbc_python')
+Import('env', 'envCython', 'arch', 'msgq_python', 'common_python', 'opendbc_python', 'np_version')
 
 gen = "c_generated_code"
 
@@ -94,3 +94,4 @@ lenv2.Command(libacados_ocp_solver_c,
   f' {acados_ocp_solver_pyx.get_labspath()}')
 lib_cython = lenv2.Program(f'{gen}/acados_ocp_solver_pyx.so', [libacados_ocp_solver_c])
 lenv2.Depends(lib_cython, lib_solver)
+lenv2.Depends(libacados_ocp_solver_c, np_version)
diff --git a/site_scons/site_tools/cython.py b/site_scons/site_tools/cython.py
index c2914755336b40..f11db1d71bebca 100644
--- a/site_scons/site_tools/cython.py
+++ b/site_scons/site_tools/cython.py
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@
 import SCons
 from SCons.Action import Action
 from SCons.Scanner import Scanner
+import numpy as np
 
 pyx_from_import_re = re.compile(r'^from\s+(\S+)\s+cimport', re.M)
 pyx_import_re = re.compile(r'^cimport\s+(\S+)', re.M)
 cdef_import_re = re.compile(r'^cdef extern from\s+.(\S+).:', re.M)
 
+np_version = SCons.Script.Value(np.__version__)
 
 def pyx_scan(node, env, path, arg=None):
   contents = node.get_text_contents()
+  env.Depends(str(node).split('.')[0] + env['CYTHONCFILESUFFIX'], np_version)
 
   # from <module> cimport ...
   matches = pyx_from_import_re.findall(contents)
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 2913075f5b25c2..ded3ddec7c360a 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -4977,11 +4977,11 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[distribution]]
 name = "setuptools"
-version = "71.1.0"
+version = "72.1.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/32/c0/5b8013b5a812701c72e3b1e2b378edaa6514d06bee6704a5ab0d7fa52931/setuptools-71.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:032d42ee9fb536e33087fb66cac5f840eb9391ed05637b3f2a76a7c8fb477936", size = 2422233 }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5e/11/487b18cc768e2ae25a919f230417983c8d5afa1b6ee0abd8b6db0b89fa1d/setuptools-72.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8d243eff56d095e5817f796ede6ae32941278f542e0f941867cc05ae52b162ec", size = 2419487 }
 wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/51/a0/ee460cc54e68afcf33190d198299c9579a5eafeadef0016ae8563237ccb6/setuptools-71.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:33874fdc59b3188304b2e7c80d9029097ea31627180896fb549c578ceb8a0855", size = 2341722 },
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e1/58/e0ef3b9974a04ce9cde2a7a33881ddcb2d68450803745804545cdd8d258f/setuptools-72.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5a03e1860cf56bb6ef48ce186b0e557fdba433237481a9a625176c2831be15d1", size = 2337965 },
 ]
 
 [[distribution]]