diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 214b0bc2a..ed2b3e4b1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ homepage = "https://deltares.github.io/HYDROLIB-core"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.8"
-netCDF4 = "^1.5,!=1.7.*"
+netCDF4 = "^1.5"
 numpy = [
-    { version = "^1.21", python = "^3.8" },
-    { version = "^1.25", python = "^3.12" }
+    { version = ">=1.21", python = "^3.8" },
+    { version = "^2", python = "^3.12" }
 ]
 pydantic = "^2.5"
 lxml = "^4.6"