diff --git a/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml b/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
index c5df1a7f2e2..12d2a8da97e 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 numpy:
-    - '1.26'
+    - '2.0'
 c_compiler:                   # [linux]
     - gcc                     # [linux]
 cxx_compiler:                 # [linux]
diff --git a/dpnp/linalg/dpnp_iface_linalg.py b/dpnp/linalg/dpnp_iface_linalg.py
index ec48ccf381f..a52402f3d5e 100644
--- a/dpnp/linalg/dpnp_iface_linalg.py
+++ b/dpnp/linalg/dpnp_iface_linalg.py
@@ -1713,7 +1713,6 @@ def solve(a, b):
     b_shape = b.shape
     b_ndim = b.ndim
 
-    # compatible with numpy>=2.0
     if b_ndim == 0:
         raise ValueError("b must have at least one dimension")
     if b_ndim == 1:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 80c0674f669..4af2590ceb2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ requires = [
   "dpctl>=0.20.0",
   "ninja>=1.11.1; platform_system!='Windows'",
   # NOTE: no DPNP restriction on NumPy version, so follow NumPy's drop schedule
-  "numpy>=1.26.0",
+  "numpy>=2.0.0",
   "scikit-build>=0.18.1",
   "setuptools>=79.0.1",
   "wheel>=0.45.1",
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ dependencies = [
   # "intel-cmplr-lib-rt>=0.59.0"
   # WARNING: use the latest dpctl dev version, otherwise stable w/f will fail
   "dpctl>=0.21.0dev0",
-  "numpy>=1.26.0"
+  "numpy>=2.0.0"
 ]
 description = "Data Parallel Extension for NumPy"
 dynamic = ["version"]