diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 845f811de..61127e5f6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ lint.extend-select = [
     "SIM",  # see: https://pypi.org/project/flake8-simplify
     "RET",  # see: https://pypi.org/project/flake8-return
     "PT",  # see: https://pypi.org/project/flake8-pytest-style
+    "NPY201",  # see: https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/numpy2-deprecation
     "RUF100" # yesqa
 ]
 lint.ignore = [
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 90f04087e..b4920f3ce 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 torch
 filelock
-numpy < 2.0.0
+numpy
 boto3
 requests
diff --git a/src/litdata/constants.py b/src/litdata/constants.py
index 6caa75201..b001507bc 100644
--- a/src/litdata/constants.py
+++ b/src/litdata/constants.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Dict
 
 import numpy as np
 import torch
@@ -59,8 +60,27 @@
     19: torch.bool,
 }
 
-_NUMPY_SCTYPES = [v for values in np.sctypes.values() for v in values]
-_NUMPY_DTYPES_MAPPING = {i: np.dtype(v) for i, v in enumerate(_NUMPY_SCTYPES)}
+_NUMPY_SCTYPES = [  # All NumPy scalar types from np.core.sctypes.values()
+    np.int8,
+    np.int16,
+    np.int32,
+    np.int64,
+    np.uint8,
+    np.uint16,
+    np.uint32,
+    np.uint64,
+    np.float16,
+    np.float32,
+    np.float64,
+    np.complex64,
+    np.complex128,
+    bool,
+    object,
+    bytes,
+    str,
+    np.void,
+]
+_NUMPY_DTYPES_MAPPING: Dict[int, np.dtype] = {i: np.dtype(v) for i, v in enumerate(_NUMPY_SCTYPES)}
 
 _TIME_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S.%fZ"
 _IS_IN_STUDIO = bool(os.getenv("LIGHTNING_CLOUD_PROJECT_ID", None)) and bool(os.getenv("LIGHTNING_CLUSTER_ID", None))
diff --git a/tests/streaming/test_serializer.py b/tests/streaming/test_serializer.py
index 746e41c08..31789c833 100644
--- a/tests/streaming/test_serializer.py
+++ b/tests/streaming/test_serializer.py
@@ -204,10 +204,13 @@ def test_assert_no_header_tensor_serializer():
 
 def test_assert_no_header_numpy_serializer():
     serializer = NoHeaderNumpySerializer()
-    t = np.ones((10,))
+    t = np.ones((10,), dtype=np.float64)
     assert serializer.can_serialize(t)
     data, name = serializer.serialize(t)
-    assert name == "no_header_numpy:10"
+    try:
+        assert name == "no_header_numpy:10"
+    except AssertionError as e:  # debug what np.core.sctypes looks like on Windows
+        raise ValueError(np.core.sctypes) from e
     assert serializer._dtype is None
     serializer.setup(name)
     assert serializer._dtype == np.dtype("float64")