diff --git a/lang/python/numpy/Makefile b/lang/python/numpy/Makefile
index 4b319b59a8..1e0291a8d9 100644
--- a/lang/python/numpy/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/numpy/Makefile
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=numpy
-PKG_VERSION:=1.25.2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.26.2
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PYPI_NAME:=$(PKG_NAME)
-PKG_HASH:=fd608e19c8d7c55021dffd43bfe5492fab8cc105cc8986f813f8c3c048b38760
+PKG_HASH:=f65738447676ab5777f11e6bbbdb8ce11b785e105f690bc45966574816b6d3ea
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:numpy:numpy
 PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:= \
         CONFIG_NUMPY_OPENBLAS_SUPPORT
 
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python-cython/host
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python-cython/host pyproject-metadata/host
 
 # Ensure numpy does not find openblas if openblas support is not enabled
 PYTHON3_PKG_BUILD_VARS:= \
diff --git a/lang/python/numpy/patches/001-unpin-build-dependencies.patch b/lang/python/numpy/patches/001-unpin-build-dependencies.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dbfaea505c..0000000000
--- a/lang/python/numpy/patches/001-unpin-build-dependencies.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
---- a/pyproject.toml
-+++ b/pyproject.toml
-@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
- #build-backend = "mesonpy"
- requires = [
-     # setuptools, wheel and Cython are needed for the setup.py based build
--    "setuptools==59.2.0",
-+    "setuptools>=59.2.0",
-     # `wheel` is needed for non-isolated builds, given that `meson-python`
-     # doesn't list it as a runtime requirement (at least in 0.11.0) - it's
-     # likely to be removed as a dependency in meson-python 0.12.0.
--    "wheel==0.38.1",
-+    "wheel>=0.38.1",
-     "Cython>=0.29.34,<3.0",
- #    "meson-python>=0.10.0",
- ]
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
index cf7faf4edc..c3d70207e2 100644
--- a/lang/python/numpy/patches/002-avoid-build-user-config-files.patch
+++ b/lang/python/numpy/patches/002-avoid-build-user-config-files.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/numpy/distutils/system_info.py
 +++ b/numpy/distutils/system_info.py
-@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ def get_standard_file(fname):
+@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ def get_standard_file(fname):
          pass
      else:
          user_file = os.path.join(f, fname)
diff --git a/lang/python/numpy/patches/003-without-vendored-meson.patch b/lang/python/numpy/patches/003-without-vendored-meson.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef6761bfe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lang/python/numpy/patches/003-without-vendored-meson.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/pyproject.toml
++++ b/pyproject.toml
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ [build-system]
+-build-backend = "mesonpy"
+-backend-path = ['./vendored-meson/meson-python']
++#build-backend = "mesonpy"
++#backend-path = ['./vendored-meson/meson-python']
+ requires = [
+     "Cython>=0.29.34,<3.1",
+     # All dependencies of the vendored meson-python (except for meson, because
+@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ repair-wheel-command = ""
+ [tool.spin]
+ package = 'numpy'
+ 
+-[tool.spin.meson]
+-cli = 'vendored-meson/meson/meson.py'
++#[tool.spin.meson]
++#cli = 'vendored-meson/meson/meson.py'
+ 
+ [tool.spin.commands]
+ "Build" = [