diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 730f5767eb..39f6c05940 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ install_requires =
     scipy>=1.0
     packaging
 setup_requires =
-    numpy>=1.16.6,<1.20
+    numpy>=1.13.3
     scipy>=1.0
     cython>=0.29.20
     packaging