diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4ad14f508368..d41eee50ce95 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 rustworkx>=0.13.0
-numpy>=1.17
+numpy>=1.17,<2
 ply>=3.10
 psutil>=5
 scipy>=1.5