diff --git a/dev-python/flatbuffers/flatbuffers-24.3.25.ebuild b/dev-python/flatbuffers/flatbuffers-24.3.25.ebuild
index 9c8abb9dd3c31..f8473ffd984c5 100644
--- a/dev-python/flatbuffers/flatbuffers-24.3.25.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/flatbuffers/flatbuffers-24.3.25.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 BDEPEND="
 	test? (
-		dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		<dev-python/numpy-2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)
 "