chore(deps): update numpy requirement from >=1.24 to >=2.4.4

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Updates the requirements on numpy to permit the latest version.

Release notes

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2.4.4 (Mar 29, 2026)

NumPy 2.4.4 Release Notes

The NumPy 2.4.4 is a patch release that fixes bugs discovered after the 2.4.3 release. It should finally close issue #30816, the OpenBLAS threading problem on ARM.

This release supports Python versions 3.11-3.14

Contributors

A total of 8 people contributed to this release. People with a "+" by their names contributed a patch for the first time.

• Charles Harris
• Daniel Haag +
• Denis Prokopenko +
• Harshith J +
• Koki Watanabe
• Marten van Kerkwijk
• Matti Picus
• Nathan Goldbaum

Pull requests merged

A total of 7 pull requests were merged for this release.

• #30978: MAINT: Prepare 2.4.x for further development
• #31049: BUG: Add test to reproduce problem described in #30816 (#30818)
• #31052: BUG: fix FNV-1a 64-bit selection by using NPY_SIZEOF_UINTP (#31035)
• #31053: BUG: avoid warning on ufunc with where=True and no output
• #31058: DOC: document caveats of ndarray.resize on 3.14 and newer
• #31079: TST: fix POWER VSX feature mapping (#30801)
• #31084: MAINT: numpy.i: Replace deprecated sprintf with snprintf...

Changelog

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This is a walkthrough of the NumPy 2.4.0 release on Linux, which will be the first feature release using the numpy/numpy-release <https://github.com/numpy/numpy-release>__ repository.

The commands can be copied into the command line, but be sure to replace 2.4.0 with the correct version. This should be read together with the :ref:general release guide <prepare_release>.

Facility preparation

Before beginning to make a release, use the requirements/*_requirements.txt files to ensure that you have the needed software. Most software can be installed with pip, but some will require apt-get, dnf, or whatever your system uses for software. You will also need a GitHub personal access token (PAT) to push the documentation. There are a few ways to streamline things:

• Git can be set up to use a keyring to store your GitHub personal access token. Search online for the details.

Prior to release

Add/drop Python versions

When adding or dropping Python versions, multiple config and CI files need to be edited in addition to changing the minimum version in pyproject.toml. Make these changes in an ordinary PR against main and backport if necessary. We currently release wheels for new Python versions after the first Python RC once manylinux and cibuildwheel support that new Python version.

Backport pull requests

Changes that have been marked for this release must be backported to the maintenance/2.4.x branch.

Update 2.4.0 milestones

Look at the issues/prs with 2.4.0 milestones and either push them off to a later version, or maybe remove the milestone. You may need to add a milestone.

Check the numpy-release repo

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Commits

• be93fe2 Merge pull request #31090 from charris/prepare-2.4.4
• f5245dc REL: Prepare for the NumPy 2.4.4 release
• 02e838b Merge pull request #31084 from charris/backport-31056
• fa74b2d MAINT: numpy.i: Replace deprecated sprintf with snprintf (#31056)
• 533a6db Merge pull request #31079 from charris/backport-20801
• 9e496cb TST: fix POWER VSX feature mapping (#30801)
• 8052c4b Merge pull request #31058 from charris/backport-31021
• 7f13b5a MAINT: Skip test on PyPy.
• 4c5fdd6 MAINT: Remove unused import of tracemalloc.
• a3ca5ed Update numpy/_core/src/multiarray/shape.c
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