diff --git a/pixi.lock b/pixi.lock
index 689733d8..46f046e7 100644
--- a/pixi.lock
+++ b/pixi.lock
@@ -5232,7 +5232,7 @@ packages:
 - pypi: .
   name: array-api-extra
   version: 0.7.2.dev0
-  sha256: 4d7c16b9e1c87048a679ebcb0e72b07624bc8633caa5c221fb87ecbb47c57ec8
+  sha256: ac4ddf62fc1119c489439a90bb7cdd847926d5462cf7cffaaf2f9bcd8a2ef831
   requires_dist:
   - array-api-compat>=1.11.2,<2
   requires_python: '>=3.10'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6d3e9f7f..a542faf8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ basedpyright = ">=1.28.3"
 numpydoc = ">=1.8.0,<2"
 # import dependencies for mypy:
 array-api-strict = ">=2.3.1"
-numpy = "*"
+numpy = ">=1.26.4"
 pytest = ">=8.3.5"
 hypothesis = "*"
 dask-core = ">=2025.3.0"  # No distributed, tornado, etc.
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ pytest = ">=8.3.5"
 pytest-cov = ">=3"
 hypothesis = "*"
 array-api-strict = ">=2.3.1"
-numpy = "*"
+numpy = ">=1.22.0"
 
 [tool.pixi.feature.tests.tasks]
 tests = "pytest -v"
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ sphinx-autodoc-typehints = "*"
 dask-core = ">=2025.3.0"
 pytest = ">=8.3.5"
 typing-extensions = ">=4.13.1"
-numpy = "*"
+numpy = ">=1.26.4"
 
 [tool.pixi.feature.docs.tasks]
 docs = { cmd = "sphinx-build -E -W . build/", cwd = "docs" }