diff --git a/.ci_support/environment.yml b/.ci_support/environment.yml
index 789f0f064..d53ebb23f 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies:
 - matplotlib-base =3.10.8
 - nglview =4.0.1
 - notebook
-- numpy =2.3.5
+- numpy =2.4.2
 - phonopy =2.47.1
 - plotly =6.5.2
 - pymatgen =2025.10.7
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ dependencies:
 - scikit-learn =1.8.0
 - scipy =1.17.0
 - spglib =2.7.0
-- sqsgenerator =0.3
+- sparse =0.17.0
+- sqsgenerator =0.5.4
 - hatchling =1.28.0
 - hatch-vcs =0.5.0
diff --git a/.ci_support/environment_mini.yml b/.ci_support/environment_mini.yml
index fd5152e66..f4ae536bf 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment_mini.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment_mini.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ channels:
 dependencies:
 - ase =3.27.0
 - coverage
-- numpy =2.3.5
+- numpy =2.4.2
 - scipy =1.17.0
 - hatchling =1.28.0
 - hatch-vcs =0.5.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
index fd5b3e3ac..f57a06165 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Mambaforge
       uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
       with:
-        python-version: '3.13'
+        python-version: '3.14'
         miniforge-version: latest
         condarc-file: .condarc
         environment-file: .ci_support/environment_mini.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Mambaforge
       uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
       with:
-        python-version: '3.13'
+        python-version: '3.14'
         miniforge-version: latest
         condarc-file: .condarc
         environment-file: .ci_support/environment.yml
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c5a255412..3aa7d09cc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors = [
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 keywords = ["pyiron"]
-requires-python = ">=3.10, <3.14"
+requires-python = ">=3.10, <3.15"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics",
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "ase==3.27.0",
-    "numpy==2.3.5",
+    "numpy==2.4.2",
     "scipy==1.17.0",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]