diff --git a/ci/run_ci.sh b/ci/run_ci.sh
index 30bbe44b49..704d0bb790 100755
--- a/ci/run_ci.sh
+++ b/ci/run_ci.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ install_python() {
 install_pyfury() {
   echo "Python version $(python -V), path $(which python)"
   "$ROOT"/ci/deploy.sh install_pyarrow
-  pip install Cython wheel numpy pytest
+  pip install Cython wheel numpy==1.26.4 pytest
   pushd "$ROOT/python"
   pip list
   export PATH=~/bin:$PATH