diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7df208bc1..a6e44d0c3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "biopython==1.84",
     "gotoh @ git+https://github.com/cfe-lab/gotoh.git@v0.3.0#egg=gotoh&subdirectory=alignment/gotoh",
     "pyvdrm @ git+https://github.com/cfe-lab/pyvdrm.git@v0.3.2",
-    "numpy==2.1.2",
+    "numpy==2.1.3",
     "scipy==1.14.1",
     "matplotlib==3.9.2",
     "cutadapt==4.9",