diff --git a/extra_data/stacking.py b/extra_data/stacking.py
index 151934e0..9322eefb 100644
--- a/extra_data/stacking.py
+++ b/extra_data/stacking.py
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 import numpy as np
 import re
 
+# numpy.exceptions exists from 1.25 onwards, but for Python 3.8 we still support
+# numpy 1.24. We can clean this up once we require Python >= 3.9.
+try:
+    from numpy.exceptions import AxisError
+except ImportError:
+    from numpy import AxisError
+
 __all__ = [
     'stack_data',
     'stack_detector_data',
@@ -238,7 +245,7 @@ def squeeze(self, axis=None):
                 try:
                     slices[ax] = 0
                 except IndexError:
-                    raise np.AxisError(
+                    raise AxisError(
                         "axis {} is out of bounds for array of dimension {}"
                         .format(ax, self.ndim)
                     )
diff --git a/extra_data/tests/test_stacking.py b/extra_data/tests/test_stacking.py
index 6f0cf213..fa63bc36 100644
--- a/extra_data/tests/test_stacking.py
+++ b/extra_data/tests/test_stacking.py
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
+# numpy.exceptions exists from 1.25 onwards, but for Python 3.8 we still support
+# numpy 1.24. We can clean this up once we require Python >= 3.9.
+try:
+    from numpy.exceptions import AxisError
+except ImportError:
+    from numpy import AxisError
+
 from extra_data import RunDirectory, stack_data, stack_detector_data
 from extra_data.stacking import StackView
 
@@ -174,5 +181,5 @@ def test_stackview_squeeze():
     assert sv.squeeze(axis=0).shape == (1, 4)
     assert sv.squeeze(axis=-2).shape == (1, 4)
 
-    with pytest.raises(np.AxisError):
+    with pytest.raises(AxisError):
         sv.squeeze(axis=4)