diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ac9ee77412..3307ee46ce9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+* Fixed `ImportError` when when `scipy==1.12.0` is installed.
+
 ### Removed
 
 
diff --git a/src/compas/numerical/operators.py b/src/compas/numerical/operators.py
index 4f4706b1dc3..8a966983ae9 100644
--- a/src/compas/numerical/operators.py
+++ b/src/compas/numerical/operators.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from numpy import hstack
 from numpy import tile
 
-from scipy import cross
+from numpy import cross
 from scipy.sparse import coo_matrix
 
 from compas.numerical.linalg import normrow