diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index adfb03a00..acdeb0fa6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 dependencies = [
-        "numpy",
+        "numpy>=1.22.4",
         "pyyaml",
         "zarr",
         "cattrs",