diff --git a/.github/workflows/assess-file-changes.yml b/.github/workflows/assess-file-changes.yml
index 402e7f99c..38fa258bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/assess-file-changes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/assess-file-changes.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "::set-output name=TESTING_CHANGED::false"
           for file in ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}; do
             echo $file
-            if [[ $file == "src/nwbinspector/"* || $file == "requirements"* || $file == "setup.py" || $file == "tests/"* ]]
+            if [[ $file == "src/nwbinspector/"* || $file == "requirements.txt" || $file == "setup.py" || $file == "tests/"* ]]
             then
               echo "Source changed"
               echo "::set-output name=SOURCE_CHANGED::true"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6a44b416e..b524d82c7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ click
 tqdm
 isodate
 numpy>=1.20.0,<1.21.0;python_version<'3.8'
-numpy>=1.22.0;python_version>='3.8'  # PyNWB usually has some upper bound here, though
+numpy>=1.22.0,<2.0.0;python_version>='3.8'