diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
index 18c323433a6..74b609d077c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-conda-${{ env.CACHE_NUMBER }}-
 
       - name: Build conda package
-        run: conda build --no-test --python ${{ matrix.python }} ${{ env.CHANNELS }} conda-recipe
+        run: conda build --no-test --python ${{ matrix.python }} --numpy 1.23 ${{ env.CHANNELS }} conda-recipe
 
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3 # v4.3.1
diff --git a/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml b/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f1e1f9078f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+numpy:
+    - 1.23
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 7c9a10c4ff7..ad7e7dce987 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ requirements:
     host:
       - python
       - setuptools
-      - numpy >=1.19,<1.27a0
+      - numpy <1.27a0
       - cython
       - cmake >=3.21
       - ninja