diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 57e1fb80..a375c243 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ cython==0.29.36; python_version < '3.9'
 pyproj==2.6.1; python_version < '3.9'
 pyproj==3.6.1; python_version >= '3.9'
 
+# Compatibility with NumPy 2.0: https://github.com/shapely/shapely/issues/1972
+numpy>=1.26,<2
 Shapely==2.0.4
+
 OWSLib==0.31.0
 geojson==3.1.0