diff --git a/databases/py-fastparquet/Makefile b/databases/py-fastparquet/Makefile
index 342cb2aea99f..b48bfc28e806 100644
--- a/databases/py-fastparquet/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-fastparquet/Makefile
@@ -1,41 +1,41 @@
 PORTNAME=	fastparquet
 PORTVERSION=	2025.12.0
 PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	databases python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python support for Parquet file format
 WWW=		https://github.com/dask/fastparquet
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 DEPRECATED=	Retired by upstream. See https://github.com/dask/fastparquet/commit/dfe8d4ed0107427674dfa1b18918a167f057a328 for details
 EXPIRATION_DATE=2026-06-30
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=0,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=2.0.0,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=0:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		thrift:devel/thrift
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cramjam>=2.3:archivers/py-cramjam@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}fsspec>=0:filesystems/py-fsspec@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=0,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>=0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pandas>=1.5.0,1:math/py-pandas@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent cython pep517
 
 BINARY_ALIAS=	git=false
 MAKE_ENV=	SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=${PORTVERSION}
 
 post-patch:
 	@${RM} ${WRKSRC}/fastparquet/*.c
 
 post-install:
 	${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} -name '*.so' -exec ${STRIP_CMD} {} +
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/py-fastparquet/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/databases/py-fastparquet/files/patch-pyproject.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index aa7e8b10a517..000000000000
--- a/databases/py-fastparquet/files/patch-pyproject.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
---- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-09-29 15:22:39 UTC
-+++ pyproject.toml
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- [build-system]
--requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools_scm", "Cython >= 0.29.31", "numpy>=2.0.0rc1"]
-+requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools_scm", "Cython >= 0.29.31", "numpy"]
- build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
- 
- [tool.setuptools_scm]