diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 942aad738..af371122a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -10,13 +10,10 @@ jobs:
   tests:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
-      matrix:
+      matrix: # See pyproject.toml
         python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         numpy-version:
-          - "numpy==1.26.4"  # current colab version
-          - "numpy~=2.0"  # 2.0 series
-          # numba (0.60.0) does not yet support numpy 2.1, disable this for now
-          # - "numpy~=2.1"  # 2.1 series
+          - "numpy>=2.0.0,<2.2.0" # 23-Jan-2026 Colab uses 2.0.2
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps: