diff --git a/mlos_core/setup.py b/mlos_core/setup.py
index 2dd57d064e..520aeb4bc4 100644
--- a/mlos_core/setup.py
+++ b/mlos_core/setup.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def _get_long_desc_from_readme(base_url: str) -> dict:
         "scikit-learn>=1.3",
         "scipy>=1.3.2",
         "numpy>=1.24",
-        "numpy<2.0",  # FIXME: temporarily workaround llamatune issues
+        "numpy<3.0",  # FIXME: temporarily workaround llamatune issues
         'pandas >= 2.2.0;python_version>="3.9"',
         "ConfigSpace>=1.0",
     ],