diff --git a/lang/python/numpy/Makefile b/lang/python/numpy/Makefile
index 3cd9827b3e..27c40d54d4 100644
--- a/lang/python/numpy/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/numpy/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=numpy
-PKG_VERSION:=1.26.4
+PKG_VERSION:=2.1.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PYPI_NAME:=$(PKG_NAME)
-PKG_HASH:=2a02aba9ed12e4ac4eb3ea9421c420301a0c6460d9830d74a9df87efa4912010
+PKG_HASH:=7dc90da0081f7e1da49ec4e398ede6a8e9cc4f5ebe5f9e06b443ed889ee9aaa2
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/lang/python/numpy/patches/003-without-vendored-meson.patch b/lang/python/numpy/patches/003-without-vendored-meson.patch
index a2a9c5f743..3dabd11fa8 100644
--- a/lang/python/numpy/patches/003-without-vendored-meson.patch
+++ b/lang/python/numpy/patches/003-without-vendored-meson.patch
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 --- a/pyproject.toml
 +++ b/pyproject.toml
-@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
  [build-system]
 -build-backend = "mesonpy"
 +#build-backend = "mesonpy"
  requires = [
-     "Cython>=0.29.34,<3.1",
--    "meson-python>=0.15.0,<0.16.0",
-+#    "meson-python>=0.15.0,<0.16.0",
+-    "meson-python>=0.15.0",
++#    "meson-python>=0.15.0",
+     "Cython>=3.0.6",  # keep in sync with version check in meson.build
  ]
  
- [project]
-@@ -181,14 +181,14 @@ environment = {PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/opt/32/
- config-settings = "setup-args=--vsenv setup-args=-Dallow-noblas=true"
+@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ select = "*-win32"
+ config-settings = "setup-args=--vsenv setup-args=-Dallow-noblas=true build-dir=build"
  repair-wheel-command = ""
  
 -[tool.meson-python]
@@ -20,6 +19,9 @@
 +#[tool.meson-python]
 +#meson = 'vendored-meson/meson/meson.py'
  
+ [tool.meson-python.args]
+ install = ['--tags=runtime,python-runtime,tests,devel']
+@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ install = ['--tags=runtime,python-runtim
  [tool.spin]
  package = 'numpy'
  
diff --git a/lang/python/numpy/patches/004-workaround-for-multiple-top-level-packages-discovered.patch b/lang/python/numpy/patches/004-workaround-for-multiple-top-level-packages-discovered.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5424b50c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/numpy/patches/004-workaround-for-multiple-top-level-packages-discovered.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ download = "https://pypi.org/project/num
+ tracker = "https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues"
+ "release notes" = "https://numpy.org/doc/stable/release"
+ 
++[tool.setuptools]
++py-modules = []
++
+ [tool.towncrier]
+     single_file = false
+     filename = "doc/source/release/notes-towncrier.rst"