diff --git a/tools/azure_dependencies.sh b/tools/azure_dependencies.sh
index c188a11c158..160c859b3e4 100755
--- a/tools/azure_dependencies.sh
+++ b/tools/azure_dependencies.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
 STD_ARGS="--progress-bar off --upgrade"
 python -m pip install $STD_ARGS pip setuptools wheel
 if [ "${TEST_MODE}" == "pip" ]; then
-	python -m pip install $STD_ARGS --only-binary="numba,llvmlite,numpy,scipy,vtk,dipy" -e .[test,full]
+	# TODO: numpy<2 because of https://github.com/dipy/dipy/issues/3265
+	python -m pip install $STD_ARGS --only-binary="numba,llvmlite,numpy,scipy,vtk,dipy" -e .[test,full] "numpy<2"
 elif [ "${TEST_MODE}" == "pip-pre" ]; then
 	${SCRIPT_DIR}/install_pre_requirements.sh
 	python -m pip install $STD_ARGS --pre -e .[test]