diff --git a/lang/python/numpy/Makefile b/lang/python/numpy/Makefile
index 35aab8d79..aaf940879 100644
--- a/lang/python/numpy/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/numpy/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=numpy
 PKG_VERSION:=1.23.3
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 
 PYPI_NAME:=$(PKG_NAME)
 PKG_HASH:=51bf49c0cd1d52be0a240aa66f3458afc4b95d8993d2d04f0d91fa60c10af6cd
diff --git a/lang/python/numpy/patches/001-unpin-build-dependencies.patch b/lang/python/numpy/patches/001-unpin-build-dependencies.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c167f0729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/numpy/patches/001-unpin-build-dependencies.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
+ # Minimum requirements for the build system to execute.
+ requires = [
+     "packaging==20.5; platform_machine=='arm64'",  # macos M1
+-    "setuptools==59.2.0",
+-    "wheel==0.37.0",
++    "setuptools>=59.2.0",
++    "wheel>=0.37.0",
+     "Cython>=0.29.30,<3.0",
+ ]
+