diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index d3ed25d9bfac7cda875793e38bdce0bb67a3d92e..709acddfc5ea1853ed1d5075da29bcbb85483f81 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ requirements:
   run:
     - python
     - setuptools
-    - {{ pin_compatible('numpy') }}
+    - {{ pin_compatible('numpy', max_pin='x.x') }}
     - {{ pin_compatible('dask') }}
     - {{ pin_compatible('dask-ml') }}
     - {{ pin_compatible('h5py') }}