diff --git a/include/gridpp.h b/include/gridpp.h
index 5288e52c..76852161 100644
--- a/include/gridpp.h
+++ b/include/gridpp.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #endif
 #include <exception>
 
-#define GRIDPP_VERSION "0.7.0"
+#define GRIDPP_VERSION "0.7.1"
 #define __version__ GRIDPP_VERSION
 
 namespace gridpp {
diff --git a/swig/python-packaging/setup.in.py b/swig/python-packaging/setup.in.py
index 4ad98460..43376ba1 100644
--- a/swig/python-packaging/setup.in.py
+++ b/swig/python-packaging/setup.in.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def run(self):
     # However, since the earliest precompiled numpy versions have been used when compiling gridpp,
     # it is unlikely the user will have an older version of numpy
     # install_requires=['numpy<=1.12.1; python_version < "3"'],
-    install_requires=['numpy'],
+    install_requires=['numpy<2'],
 
     test_suite="gridpp.tests",
     ext_modules = [module],
diff --git a/swig/python/setup.in.py b/swig/python/setup.in.py
index 918e5d8c..5cb5735c 100644
--- a/swig/python/setup.in.py
+++ b/swig/python/setup.in.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def finalize_options(self):
     # your project is installed. For an analysis of "install_requires" vs pip's
     # requirements files see:
     # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/requirements.html
-    install_requires=['numpy'],
+    install_requires=['numpy<2'],
 
     # List additional groups of dependencies here (e.g. development
     # dependencies). You can install these using the following syntax,