diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheel.yml b/.github/workflows/wheel.yml
index 489fd23cc..07f43ad00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheel.yml
@@ -38,8 +38,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - id: set-matrix
         env:
-          # skipping pypy for now, cp38-win was segfaulting on CI, numpy has no wheels for cp38-musllinux_aarch64 -> build from source -> CI timeouts
-          CIBW_SKIP: pp* cp38-win* cp38-musllinux_aarch64
+          # skipping pypy for now
+          # cp38-win was segfaulting on CI -> skipping for now
+          # oldest-supported-numpy has no wheels for cp38-musllinux_aarch64 -> build numpy from source on QEMU -> CI timeouts -> skipping for now
+          CIBW_SKIP: >
+            pp*
+            cp38-win*
+            cp38-musllinux_aarch64
         run: |
           MATRIX_INCLUDE=$(
             {
diff --git a/packages/vaex-core/pyproject.toml b/packages/vaex-core/pyproject.toml
index df5666945..fa4386c41 100644
--- a/packages/vaex-core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/vaex-core/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 [build-system]
 # Minimum requirements for the build system to execute.
 requires = [
-    "oldest-supported-numpy",
+    "oldest-supported-numpy; python_version=='3.8'", # deprecated ref https://github.com/scipy/oldest-supported-numpy
+    "numpy~=1.25; python_version>'3.8'",  # numpy~=2.0 fails, backward compatible build-system as of v1.25 ref https://numpy.org/doc/2.1/dev/depending_on_numpy.html#build-time-dependency
     "scikit-build",
     "cmake",
     "ninja"
diff --git a/packages/vaex-core/setup.py b/packages/vaex-core/setup.py
index 669875ffa..83855c33a 100644
--- a/packages/vaex-core/setup.py
+++ b/packages/vaex-core/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "numpy~=1.17",
     "aplus",
     "tabulate>=0.8.3",
-    "dask!=2022.4.0",
+    "dask!=2022.4.0,<2024.9",  # fingerprinting in no longer deterministic as of 2024.9.0
     "future>=0.15.2",
     "pyyaml",
     "six",
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def __str__(self):
     if not use_skbuild
     else [],
     zip_safe=False,
-    python_requires=">=3.8",
+    python_requires=">=3.8,<3.13",  # 3.13 needs numpy 2.1 support ref https://github.com/vaexio/vaex/pull/2434
     classifiers=[
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",