diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 266c9b85..1acbeea8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ packages =
     boost_histogram._internal
     boost_histogram.axis
 install_requires =
-    numpy>=1.26.0b1;python_version>='3.12'
-    numpy;python_version<'3.12'
+    numpy
     typing-extensions;python_version<'3.8'
 python_requires = >=3.7
 include_package_data = True