diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 712647e4f78..4eee45767d0 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,4 +16,11 @@
 # under the License.
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "setuptools_scm", "cython >= 0.29"]
+requires = [
+    "cython >= 0.29",
+    "numpy==1.14.5; python_version<'3.7'",
+    "numpy==1.16.0; python_version>='3.7'",
+    "setuptools",
+    "setuptools_scm",
+    "wheel"
+]