diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 947ae6ce..cc0a2894 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     install_requires=[
         "onnxruntime>=1.13.1",
         "transformers>=4.22.2",
-        "numpy>=1.0,<=2.0",
+        "numpy>=1.0,<2.0",
         "scikit-learn>=1",
         "tqdm",
         "skops",