Support numpy >= 1.24 (backport #1281)

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This is an automatic backport of pull request #1281 done by Mergify.
Cherry-pick of e020a78 has failed:

On branch mergify/bp/stable/4.4/pr-1281
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/stable/4.4' by 1 commit.
  (use "git push" to publish your local commits)

You are currently cherry-picking commit e020a78d.
  (all conflicts fixed: run "git cherry-pick --continue")
  (use "git cherry-pick --skip" to skip this patch)
  (use "git cherry-pick --abort" to cancel the cherry-pick operation)

nothing to commit, working tree clean

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