diff --git a/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt b/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt
index d4b3fcaa8..a09094571 100644
--- a/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt
+++ b/course_UvA-DL/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-numpy <2.0 # needed for older Torch
+numpy <3.0 # needed for older Torch
 torch >=1.8.1,<2.5
 pytorch-lightning >=2.0,<2.4
 torchmetrics >=1.0,<1.5
diff --git a/lightning_examples/requirements.txt b/lightning_examples/requirements.txt
index 10aad3cc5..8ec403707 100644
--- a/lightning_examples/requirements.txt
+++ b/lightning_examples/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-numpy <2.0 # needed for older Torch
+numpy <3.0 # needed for older Torch
 torch>=1.8.1, <2.5
 pytorch-lightning >=2.0,<2.4
 torchmetrics>=1.0, <1.5