diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 6754c5f362..de85d14d8d 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake!=3.17.1,!=3.17.0
 conan<2.0.0
 scikit-build>=0.11.0
 asv
-cvxpy>=1.2.1, <1.5.0
+cvxpy<1.5.0
 pylint
 black[jupyter]~=24.1
 clang-format~=15.0.7
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1dff907de6..56025cca8a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 requirements = [
     "qiskit>=1.1.0",
-    "numpy>=1.17",
+    "numpy>=1.16.3",
     "scipy>=1.0",
     "psutil>=5",
 ]