diff --git a/gguf-py/gguf/scripts/gguf_dump.py b/gguf-py/gguf/scripts/gguf_dump.py
index 20f23d729f4b9..78578a7816051 100755
--- a/gguf-py/gguf/scripts/gguf_dump.py
+++ b/gguf-py/gguf/scripts/gguf_dump.py
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 
 
 def get_file_host_endian(reader: GGUFReader) -> tuple[str, str]:
-    host_endian = 'LITTLE' if np.uint32(1) == np.uint32(1).newbyteorder("<") else 'BIG'
+    host_val = np.array(1, dtype=np.uint32)
+    little_val = host_val.view(host_val.dtype.newbyteorder("<"))
+    host_endian = "LITTLE" if host_val.item() == little_val.item() else "BIG"
     if reader.byte_order == 'S':
         file_endian = 'BIG' if host_endian == 'LITTLE' else 'LITTLE'
     else: