diff --git a/lang/python/numpy/Makefile b/lang/python/numpy/Makefile
index 35aab8d79..d7e485d79 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:=5
 
 PYPI_NAME:=$(PKG_NAME)
 PKG_HASH:=51bf49c0cd1d52be0a240aa66f3458afc4b95d8993d2d04f0d91fa60c10af6cd
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:= \
 
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python-cython/host
 
+# Ensure numpy does not find openblas if openblas support is not enabled
+PYTHON3_PKG_BUILD_VARS:= \
+        $(if $(CONFIG_NUMPY_OPENBLAS_SUPPORT),,NPY_BLAS_ORDER= NPY_LAPACK_ORDER= )
+
 include ../pypi.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include ../python3-package.mk
@@ -50,17 +54,18 @@ config NUMPY_OPENBLAS_SUPPORT
 endmenu
 endef
 
-ifdef CONFIG_NUMPY_OPENBLAS_SUPPORT
 define Build/Prepare/numpy-sitecfg
 	echo "[DEFAULT]"                                 >  $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/site.cfg
 	echo "library_dirs = $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib"     >> $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/site.cfg
 	echo "include_dirs = $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include" >> $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/site.cfg
+
+  ifdef CONFIG_NUMPY_OPENBLAS_SUPPORT
 	echo                                             >> $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/site.cfg
 	echo "[openblas]"                                >> $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/site.cfg
 	echo "libraries = openblas"                      >> $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/site.cfg
 	echo "runtime_library_dirs = /usr/lib"           >> $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/site.cfg
+  endif
 endef
-endif
 
 define Build/Prepare
 	$(call Build/Prepare/Default)
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",
+ ]
+ 
diff --git a/lang/python/numpy/patches/002-avoid-build-user-config-files.patch b/lang/python/numpy/patches/002-avoid-build-user-config-files.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15c76e3dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/numpy/patches/002-avoid-build-user-config-files.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/numpy/distutils/system_info.py
++++ b/numpy/distutils/system_info.py
+@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ def get_standard_file(fname):
+         pass
+     else:
+         user_file = os.path.join(f, fname)
+-        if os.path.isfile(user_file):
++        if "_PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM" not in os.environ and os.path.isfile(user_file):
+             filenames.append(user_file)
+ 
+     # Local file