diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/pyproject.toml b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/pyproject.toml
index 35dd992..65f11d9 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/pyproject.toml	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.package_name }}/pyproject.toml	
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ requires = [
   "wheel",
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_compiled_extensions == 'y' %}
   "extension-helpers",
-  "oldest-supported-numpy",
+  "numpy>=1.25",
   "cython"
 {% endif -%}
 ]