diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ install_requires = ['dimod>=0.7.7',
                     'numpy>=1.14.0,<2.0.0',
                     'six>=1.11.0,<2.0.0']
 
-setup_requires = ['numpy>=1.14.0,<1.16.0']
+setup_requires = ['numpy>=1.14.0,<2.0.0']
 
 classifiers = [
     'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
Update numpy setup requirements to match install (fixup #e0b4f3)