diff --git a/.github/workflows/core-test.yml b/.github/workflows/core-test.yml
index a2633ab83..922ba21f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core-test.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
     paths:
       - 'neo/core/**'
       - 'pyproject.toml'
-      - '.github/workflows/*.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/**'
 
   # run checks on any change of master, including merge of PRs
   push:
@@ -26,21 +26,13 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest", "windows-latest", "macos-latest"]
         python-version: ['3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
-        numpy-version: ['1.25.2', '1.26.4', '2.0.2','2.1.3', '2.2.6', '2.3.3', '2.4.4']
-        # 1.25: 3.11, 1.26: 3.12
+        numpy-version: ['2.0.2','2.1.3', '2.2.6', '2.3.3', '2.4.4', '2.5.4']
+        # 2.5: 3.12
         exclude:
-           - python-version: '3.12'
-             numpy-version: '1.25.2'
-           - python-version: '3.13'
-             numpy-version: '1.25.2'
-           - python-version: '3.13'
-             numpy-version: '1.26.4'
+           - python-version: '3.11'
+             numpy-vesion: '2.5.4'
            - python-version: '3.13'
              numpy-version: '2.0.2'
-           - python-version: '3.14'
-             numpy-version: '1.25.2'
-           - python-version: '3.14'
-             numpy-version: '1.26.4'
            - python-version: '3.14'
              numpy-version: '2.0.2'
            - python-version: '3.14'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/io-test.yml b/.github/workflows/io-test.yml
index 114bb5555..139c8e815 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/io-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/io-test.yml
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         python-version: ['3.11', '3.14']
-        numpy-version: ['1.26', '2.3.3']
+        numpy-version: ['2.0.2', '2.3.3', '2.5.4']
         exclude:
            - python-version: '3.11'
-             numpy-version: '2.3.3'
+             numpy-version: '2.5.4'
            - python-version: '3.14'
-             numpy-version: '1.26'
+             numpy-version: '2.0.2'
     defaults:
       # by default run in bash mode (required for conda usage)
       run:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dc510fed1..539df2a6b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.15.0dev"
 authors = [{name = "Neo authors and contributors"}]
 description = "Neo is a package for representing electrophysiology data in Python, together with support for reading a wide range of neurophysiology file formats"
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
     "Natural Language :: English",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ classifiers = [
 
 dependencies = [
     "packaging",
-    "numpy>=1.25.2",
+    "numpy>=2.0",
     "quantities>=0.16.4"
 ]