diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/freud/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/freud/default.nix
index 49a25ed500e3..e6bfd2af341b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/freud/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/freud/default.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     touch extern/{voro++,fsph,Eigen}/.git
   '';
 
+  # Scipy still depends on numpy 1, and so we'd get 'package duplicates in
+  # closure' error if we'd use numpy_2
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace-fail 'numpy>=2.0.0rc1' 'numpy' \
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     cython