diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 69f71a1..603fec7 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "python-dotenv>=1.1.1",
     "tiktoken>=0.11.0",
     "azure-cognitiveservices-speech>=1.40.0",
-    "numpy>=1.26",
+    "numpy>=2.4.4",
     "structlog>=24.0.0",
     "strawberry-graphql[fastapi]>=0.262",
     "httpx>=0.27",