diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b9f51cb..f0435d1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dynamic = ["version", "description"]
 dependencies = [
-    "numpy",
+    "numpy < 2.0.0",
     "pandas",
     "scipy",
     "scikit-learn",
diff --git a/src/gsMap/__init__.py b/src/gsMap/__init__.py
index fa62113..94338ce 100644
--- a/src/gsMap/__init__.py
+++ b/src/gsMap/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 Genetics-informed pathogenic spatial mapping
 '''
 
-__version__ = '1.71.1'
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+__version__ = '1.71.2'
\ No newline at end of file