diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 3c1da0c0b..d19f633f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ number of the code change for that issue.  These PRs can be viewed at:
 
 3.7.1 (unreleased)
 ==================
+- Modify the dependencies portion of the project.toml file to specify
+  numpy<2.0 [#nnnn]
 
 - Removed the use of a custom smoothing kernel based upon actual image
   data as a poorly determined kernel can ultimately cause poor source
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f169e8895..e8861313f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "tables",
     "typing_extensions>4.0",
     "markupsafe<=2.0.1",
+    "numpy<2.0",
 ]
 dynamic = [
     "version",