diff --git a/misc/py-numcodecs/Makefile b/misc/py-numcodecs/Makefile
index 5dd8345315d4..7f1e95c2afce 100644
--- a/misc/py-numcodecs/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-numcodecs/Makefile
@@ -1,48 +1,48 @@
 PORTNAME=	numcodecs
 DISTVERSION=	0.16.5
 CATEGORIES=	misc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Package providing buffer compression and transformation codecs for use
 WWW=		https://numcodecs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cython>=3.0:lang/cython@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy1>=1.24:math/py-numpy1@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}py-cpuinfo>0:sysutils/py-py-cpuinfo@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=6.2:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}msgpack>0:devel/py-msgpack@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.24:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}typing-extensions>0:devel/py-typing-extensions@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}zfp>0:devel/py-zfp@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>=0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-cov>=0:devel/py-pytest-cov@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pyzstd>=0:archivers/py-pyzstd@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython autoplist pytest
 # tests as of 0.16.5
 CXXFLAGS_i386=	-msse2 # otherwise it fails to compile: #error SSE2 is not supported by the target architecture/platform and/or this compiler.
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 TEST_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/numcodecs/tests
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		AVX2
 
 AVX2_DESC=		Use AVX2 SIMD instructions
 AVX2_CONFIGURE_ENV_OFF=	DISABLE_NUMCODECS_AVX2=yes
 AVX2_MAKE_ENV_OFF=	DISABLE_NUMCODECS_AVX2=yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${ARCH} == i386
 MAKE_ENV+=	DISABLE_NUMCODECS_SSE2=yes DISABLE_NUMCODECS_AVX2=yes
 .endif
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/numcodecs/*${PYTHON_TAG}.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>