diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikit-image/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikit-image/default.nix
index 03eaf556050..7987f3bba1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikit-image/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/scikit-image/default.nix
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ let
 
     postPatch = ''
       patchShebangs skimage/_build_utils/{version,cythoner}.py
+
+      substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+        --replace "numpy==" "numpy>="
     '';
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [