diff --git a/elementary/utils/json_utils.py b/elementary/utils/json_utils.py
index d5a885a47..d0e3ee3c1 100644
--- a/elementary/utils/json_utils.py
+++ b/elementary/utils/json_utils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import json
+import math
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, Union
 
-import numpy as np
-
 
 def try_load_json(value: Optional[Union[str, dict, list]]):
     if value is None:
@@ -83,9 +82,9 @@ def append_prefix_if_missing(string: str, prefix: str) -> str:
 def inf_and_nan_to_str(obj) -> Any:
     """Replaces occurrences of float("nan") for float("infinity") in the given dict object."""
     if isinstance(obj, float):
-        if np.isinf(obj):
+        if math.isinf(obj):
             return "Infinity" if obj > 0 else "-Infinity"
-        elif np.isnan(obj):
+        elif math.isnan(obj):
             return "NaN"
         else:
             return obj
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5e08c4985..f7721cab0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ documentation = "https://docs.elementary-data.com"
 packages = [{include = "elementary"}]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-# matches the versions supported by dbt as of v1.9, which are probably due to the limits of numpy 1.26.x
+# matches the versions supported by dbt as of v1.9, which are probably due to the limits of numpy 1.26.x(which was removed)
 python = ">=3.9,<3.13"
 click = ">=7.0,<9.0"
 dbt-core = ">=0.20,<2.0.0"
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ networkx = ">=2.3,<3"
 packaging = ">=20.9"
 azure-storage-blob = ">=12.11.0"
 pymsteams = ">=0.2.2,<1.0.0"
-numpy = "<2.0.0"
 tabulate = ">= 0.9.0"
 pytz = ">= 2025.1"