diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8f23017..3be03bf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.8"
 version = "0.18.0"
 
 dependencies = [
-    "numpy >=2.0.0, <3",
+    "numpy >=2.0.0rc1; python_version>='3.9'",
     "requests_unixsocket",
     "pytz",
     "pyjwt",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1704212..5043247 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,45 +1,11 @@
-aiobotocore==2.13.0
-aiofiles==24.1.0
-aiohttp==3.9.4
-aiohttp-cors==0.7.0
-aioitertools==0.12.0
-aiosignal==1.3.1
-attrs==24.2.0
-azure-core==1.31.0
-azure-storage-blob==12.23.1
-bitshuffle @ git+https://github.com/kiyo-masui/bitshuffle
-botocore==1.34.106
 certifi==2024.8.30
-cffi==1.17.1
 charset-normalizer==3.3.2
-cryptography==43.0.1
-Cython==3.0.11
-frozenlist==1.4.1
-fsspec==2024.9.0
 h5py==3.12.1
-hsds @ git+https://github.com/hdfgroup/hsds
 idna==3.10
-importlib_resources==6.4.5
-isodate==0.6.1
-jmespath==1.0.1
-multidict==6.1.0
-numcodecs==0.13.0
 numpy==2.1.1
 packaging==24.1
-psutil==6.0.0
-pycparser==2.22
 PyJWT==2.9.0
-python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
 pytz==2024.2
-PyYAML==6.0.2
-requests==2.31.0
+requests==2.32.3
 requests-unixsocket==0.3.0
-s3fs==2024.9.0
-setuptools==75.1.0
-simplejson==3.19.3
-six==1.16.0
-typing_extensions==4.12.2
-urllib3==1.26.20
-wheel==0.44.0
-wrapt==1.16.0
-yarl==1.13.0
+urllib3==2.2.3