diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 042e4a6..fd9675e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "cython", "numpy"]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools",
+    "wheel",
+    "cython",
+    "numpy",
+    "numpy==1.14.5; python_version=='3.7'",
+    "numpy==1.17.3; python_version=='3.8'",
+    "numpy==1.19.3; python_version=='3.9'",
+    "numpy==1.21.3; python_version=='3.10'",
+]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 62cdb0d..006e1e2 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ install_requires =
     numpy
     resource-backed-dask-array
     typing-extensions
+    numpy>=1.14.5;python_version=='3.7'
+    numpy>=1.17.3;python_version=='3.8'
+    numpy>=1.19.3;python_version=='3.9'
+    numpy>=1.21.3;python_version=='3.10'
 python_requires = >=3.7,<3.11
 include_package_data = True
 package_dir =