diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0803811f3..61171548d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION  = 'Staging ground for PySCF core features'
 SO_EXTENSIONS = {
 }
-DEPENDENCIES = ['pyscf', 'numpy']
+DEPENDENCIES = ['pyscf', 'numpy!=2.4.*']
 VERSION = '1.0.3'
 
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