diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonbuild.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonbuild.yml
index f56caffc0d..dfa83fca20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonbuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonbuild.yml
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ jobs:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         python-version: ${{fromJson(needs.detect-python-versions.outputs.python-versions)}}
         pandas: ["pandas<2.0.0", "pandas>=2.0.0"]
+        numpy: ["numpy<2.0.0", "numpy>=2.0.0"]
+        exclude:
+          - numpy: "numpy>=2.0.0"
+            pandas: "pandas<2.0.0"
+          - numpy: "numpy<2.0.0"
+            pandas: "pandas>=2.0.0"
+
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: 'Clear action cache'
@@ -141,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install uv
           make setup-global-uv
-          uv pip install --system --force-reinstall "${{ matrix.pandas }}"
+          uv pip install --system --force-reinstall "${{ matrix.pandas }}" "${{ matrix.numpy }}"
           uv pip freeze
       - name: Test with coverage
         run: |
@@ -419,6 +426,10 @@ jobs:
           if [ -f dev-requirements.in ]; then uv pip install --system -r dev-requirements.in; fi
           # TODO: move to protobuf>=5. Github issue: https://github.com/flyteorg/flyte/issues/5448
           uv pip install --system -U $GITHUB_WORKSPACE "protobuf<5"
+          # TODO: remove this when numpy v2 in onnx has been resolved
+          if [[ ${{ matrix.plugin-names }} == *"onnx"* || ${{ matrix.plugin-names }} == "flytekit-sqlalchemy" ]]; then
+            uv pip install --system "numpy<2.0.0"
+          fi
           uv pip freeze
       - name: Test with coverage
         run: |
diff --git a/flytekit/types/numpy/__init__.py b/flytekit/types/numpy/__init__.py
index ec20e87970..bf690d3ddb 100644
--- a/flytekit/types/numpy/__init__.py
+++ b/flytekit/types/numpy/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,15 @@
-from .ndarray import NumpyArrayTransformer
+from flytekit.loggers import logger
+
+try:
+    # isolate the exception to the numpy import
+    import numpy
+
+    _numpy_installed = True
+except ImportError:
+    _numpy_installed = False
+
+
+if _numpy_installed:
+    from .ndarray import NumpyArrayTransformer
+else:
+    logger.info("We won't register NumpyArrayTransformer because numpy is not installed.")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 74a41ae422..5aece34595 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "marshmallow-enum",
     "marshmallow-jsonschema>=0.12.0",
     "mashumaro>=3.11",
-    "numpy<2",
     "protobuf!=4.25.0",
     "pyarrow",
     "pygments",