diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index 27e3f45a..773db229 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ jobs:
           condarc: |
               channels:
                 - conda-forge
-          # temporarily capping numpy<2 until we figure out build issues with gdal>=3.8
           create-args: >-
               python=${{ matrix.python-version }}
               gdal=${{ matrix.gdal }}
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
               python-build
               flake8
               pytest
-              numpy<2
+              numpy
           environment-name: pyenv
 
       - name: Lint with flake8