diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3984d070..fa14250f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ idna==3.7
 cycler
 kiwisolver>=1.3.1
 matplotlib
-numpy>=1.18.5
+# numpy 2.4 ships PEP 695 `type` statements in its stubs, which mypy rejects
+# under python_version=3.10 (see [tool.mypy] in pyproject.toml). Cap below 2.4,
+# matching rf-detr's typing constraint.
+numpy>=1.18.5,<2.4
 opencv-python-headless==4.10.0.84
 Pillow>=7.1.2
 # https://github.com/roboflow/roboflow-python/issues/390
diff --git a/roboflow/util/model_processor.py b/roboflow/util/model_processor.py
index 0022c11a..892233fc 100644
--- a/roboflow/util/model_processor.py
+++ b/roboflow/util/model_processor.py
@@ -27,8 +27,13 @@ def task_of_model_type(model_type: str) -> str:
 
     Non-detect tasks double as the model_type suffix token
     (e.g. 'yolov11-seg' -> TASK_SEG). Plain 'yolov11' / 'rfdetr-base' -> TASK_DET.
+
+    Keypoint/pose models may spell the token as either 'pose' (Ultralytics) or
+    'keypoint' (rf-detr, e.g. 'rfdetr-keypoint-preview'); both map to TASK_POSE.
     """
     s = model_type.lower()
+    if "keypoint" in s:
+        return TASK_POSE
     for task in (TASK_SEM, TASK_SEG, TASK_POSE, TASK_CLS, TASK_OBB):
         if task in s:
             return task
@@ -317,21 +322,34 @@ def _process_yolo(model_type: str, model_path: str, filename: str) -> tuple[str,
 def _detect_rfdetr_task(checkpoint) -> Optional[str]:
     """Detect the training task of an rf-detr checkpoint.
 
-    rf-detr currently only supports weight upload for detection and instance
-    segmentation. Modern checkpoints (rf-detr v1.7+) store the Python class
-    name at `checkpoint["model_name"]` (e.g. 'RFDETRNano' vs 'RFDETRSegNano');
-    older checkpoints — including those downloaded from Roboflow — lack that
-    field but always carry `args.segmentation_head: bool`.
+    rf-detr supports weight upload for detection, instance segmentation, and
+    keypoint detection. Modern checkpoints (rf-detr v1.7+) store the Python
+    class name at `checkpoint["model_name"]` (e.g. 'RFDETRNano' vs
+    'RFDETRSegNano' vs 'RFDETRKeypointPreview').
+
+    The deploy bundle written by rf-detr's `export_for_roboflow` only serialises
+    `{"model", "args"}` — it drops `model_name` — so detection must also work
+    from `args`: keypoint checkpoints carry a non-empty `args.num_keypoints_per_class`,
+    and detection/segmentation checkpoints carry `args.segmentation_head: bool`.
     """
     if not isinstance(checkpoint, dict):
         return None
     model_name = checkpoint.get("model_name")
     if isinstance(model_name, str):
-        return TASK_SEG if TASK_SEG in model_name.lower() else TASK_DET
+        name = model_name.lower()
+        if "keypoint" in name:
+            return TASK_POSE
+        return TASK_SEG if TASK_SEG in name else TASK_DET
     args = checkpoint.get("args")
     if args is None:
         return None
-    seg_head = args.get("segmentation_head") if isinstance(args, dict) else getattr(args, "segmentation_head", None)
+
+    def _arg(key):
+        return args.get(key) if isinstance(args, dict) else getattr(args, key, None)
+
+    if _arg("num_keypoints_per_class"):
+        return TASK_POSE
+    seg_head = _arg("segmentation_head")
     if seg_head is True:
         return TASK_SEG
     if seg_head is False:
@@ -356,6 +374,8 @@ def _process_rfdetr(model_type: str, model_path: str, filename: str) -> tuple[st
         "rfdetr-seg-large",
         "rfdetr-seg-xlarge",
         "rfdetr-seg-2xlarge",
+        # Keypoint detection models
+        "rfdetr-keypoint-preview",
     ]
     if model_type not in _supported_types:
         raise ValueError(f"Model type {model_type} not supported. Supported types are {_supported_types}")
diff --git a/tests/util/test_model_processor.py b/tests/util/test_model_processor.py
index 80408602..4621902c 100644
--- a/tests/util/test_model_processor.py
+++ b/tests/util/test_model_processor.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def test_segment(self):
 
     def test_pose(self):
         self.assertEqual(task_of_model_type("yolov11-pose"), TASK_POSE)
+        self.assertEqual(task_of_model_type("rfdetr-keypoint-preview"), TASK_POSE)
 
     def test_classify(self):
         self.assertEqual(task_of_model_type("yolov11-cls"), TASK_CLS)
@@ -74,6 +75,19 @@ def test_detection_model_names(self):
         for name in ("RFDETRNano", "RFDETRSmall", "RFDETRMedium", "RFDETRLarge", "RFDETRXLarge"):
             self.assertEqual(_detect_rfdetr_task({"model_name": name}), TASK_DET, name)
 
+    def test_keypoint_model_names(self):
+        self.assertEqual(_detect_rfdetr_task({"model_name": "RFDETRKeypointPreview"}), TASK_POSE)
+
+    def test_keypoint_args_fallback(self):
+        # The deploy bundle from export_for_roboflow carries `args` but not
+        # `model_name`; a non-empty `num_keypoints_per_class` marks a keypoint model.
+        self.assertEqual(_detect_rfdetr_task({"args": SimpleNamespace(num_keypoints_per_class=[0, 17])}), TASK_POSE)
+        self.assertEqual(_detect_rfdetr_task({"args": {"num_keypoints_per_class": [0, 17]}}), TASK_POSE)
+        # Empty / absent keypoint schema must NOT be treated as a keypoint model.
+        self.assertEqual(
+            _detect_rfdetr_task({"args": {"num_keypoints_per_class": [], "segmentation_head": False}}), TASK_DET
+        )
+
     def test_segmentation_head_fallback(self):
         # Roboflow-hosted rf-detr .pt downloads lack `model_name` but always carry
         # `args.segmentation_head`. Cover both namespace and dict shapes.