diff --git a/doc/changes/dev/13415.bugfix.rst b/doc/changes/dev/13415.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..371e426a3ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changes/dev/13415.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed a bug where ``mne.io.read_raw_gdf`` failed with NumPy ≥1.24 due to the removal of ``np.fromstring`` binary mode. Replaced with ``np.frombuffer`` for compatibility. (:newcontrib:`devparikh0506`)
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diff --git a/doc/changes/names.inc b/doc/changes/names.inc
index 38c240d69d7..fbbe285720b 100644
--- a/doc/changes/names.inc
+++ b/doc/changes/names.inc
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 .. _David Sabbagh: https://github.com/DavidSabbagh
 .. _Demetres Kostas: https://github.com/kostasde
 .. _Denis Engemann: https://denis-engemann.de
+.. _Dev Parikh: https://github.com/devparikh0506
 .. _Dinara Issagaliyeva: https://github.com/dissagaliyeva
 .. _Diptyajit Das: https://github.com/dasdiptyajit
 .. _Dirk Gütlin: https://github.com/DiGyt
diff --git a/mne/io/edf/edf.py b/mne/io/edf/edf.py
index 763ef4f91eb..83e66b9f9c6 100644
--- a/mne/io/edf/edf.py
+++ b/mne/io/edf/edf.py
@@ -1441,9 +1441,9 @@ def _read_gdf_header(fname, exclude, include=None):
                 edf_info["data_offset"] + edf_info["n_records"] * edf_info["bytes_tot"]
             )
             fid.seek(etp)  # skip data to go to event table
-            etmode = fid.read(1).decode()
+            etmode = fid.read(1)
             if etmode != "":
-                etmode = np.fromstring(etmode, UINT8).tolist()[0]
+                etmode = np.frombuffer(etmode, dtype=UINT8).tolist()[0]
 
                 if edf_info["number"] < 1.94:
                     sr = np.fromfile(fid, UINT8, 3)