diff --git a/comps/third_parties/whisper/src/Dockerfile.intel_hpu b/comps/third_parties/whisper/src/Dockerfile.intel_hpu
index 4c6f50e7b5..9bef8c2d3c 100644
--- a/comps/third_parties/whisper/src/Dockerfile.intel_hpu
+++ b/comps/third_parties/whisper/src/Dockerfile.intel_hpu
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ COPY --chown=user:user comps /home/user/comps
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip setuptools && \
     pip install --no-cache-dir -r /home/user/comps/asr/src/requirements.txt && \
     pip install --no-cache-dir optimum-habana && \
-    pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade Jinja2
+    pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade Jinja2 && \
+    pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade 'numpy<2'
 
 ENV PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/home/users