TEST: Update catboost version (#2426)

* update catboost and remove numpy workarounds

* bring back workaround for xgboost on py39

* bring back workaround for pandas on py39

* bring back more workarounds

* fix

* test more combinations

* bring back pytest workaround

* another attempt

* another attempt

* leave as it was

* Update requirements-test.txt

Co-authored-by: ethanglaser <[email protected]>

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Co-authored-by: ethanglaser <[email protected]>

Author: david-cortes-intel

requirements-test.txt

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pandas==2.2.3 ; python_version >= '3.11'
 xgboost==2.1.4 ; python_version < '3.10'
 xgboost==3.0.0 ; python_version >= '3.10'
 lightgbm==4.6.0
-catboost==1.2.8 ; python_version < '3.11' # TODO: Remove 3.11 condition when catboost supports numpy 2.0
+catboost==1.2.8
 shap==0.47.1 ; python_version < '3.13'
 array-api-compat==1.11.2
 array-api-strict==2.3.1