diff --git a/requirements/server.txt b/requirements/server.txt
index 2a68d73..1edec84 100644
--- a/requirements/server.txt
+++ b/requirements/server.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ scipy
 av
 jiwer
 evaluate
-numpy<2
+numpy>=1.26.4,<2.5
 openai-whisper==20250625
 tokenizers==0.20.3
 transformers[torch]
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ optimum-intel
 
 fastapi
 uvicorn
-python-multipart
\ No newline at end of file
+python-multipart
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 961382d..9b91501 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ setup(
         "soundfile",
         "tokenizers==0.20.3",
         "librosa",
-        "numpy==1.26.4",
+        "numpy>=1.26.4,<2.5",
         "openvino",
         "openvino-genai",
         "openvino-tokenizers",