diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_sdist.yml b/.github/workflows/build_sdist.yml
index c565ee7e..6dd7b759 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_sdist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_sdist.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ jobs:
         set -x
 
         pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install "numpy==2.0.0rc2"
+        python -c "import numpy; print(f'{numpy.__version__ = }')"
         pip install dist/scikit_surprise-1.1.4.tar.gz -v
+        python -c "import numpy; print(f'{numpy.__version__ = }')"
 
     - name: Pip freeze
       run: |
diff --git a/surprise/prediction_algorithms/co_clustering.pyx b/surprise/prediction_algorithms/co_clustering.pyx
index 5fc87ba6..1b8172bc 100644
--- a/surprise/prediction_algorithms/co_clustering.pyx
+++ b/surprise/prediction_algorithms/co_clustering.pyx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ the :mod:`co_clustering` module includes the :class:`CoClustering` algorithm.
 
 
 cimport numpy as np  # noqa
+np.import_array()  # noqa
 import numpy as np
 
 from .algo_base import AlgoBase
diff --git a/surprise/prediction_algorithms/matrix_factorization.pyx b/surprise/prediction_algorithms/matrix_factorization.pyx
index 1857befb..5301dba5 100644
--- a/surprise/prediction_algorithms/matrix_factorization.pyx
+++ b/surprise/prediction_algorithms/matrix_factorization.pyx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ factorization.
 """
 
 cimport numpy as np  # noqa
+np.import_array()  # noqa
 import numpy as np
 from libc.math cimport sqrt
 
diff --git a/surprise/prediction_algorithms/optimize_baselines.pyx b/surprise/prediction_algorithms/optimize_baselines.pyx
index 3a8f4151..dc4b9e50 100644
--- a/surprise/prediction_algorithms/optimize_baselines.pyx
+++ b/surprise/prediction_algorithms/optimize_baselines.pyx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ gradient descent and alternating least squares.
 
 
 cimport numpy as np  # noqa
+np.import_array()  # noqa
 import numpy as np
 
 
diff --git a/surprise/prediction_algorithms/slope_one.pyx b/surprise/prediction_algorithms/slope_one.pyx
index 313ba5cd..5b574b30 100644
--- a/surprise/prediction_algorithms/slope_one.pyx
+++ b/surprise/prediction_algorithms/slope_one.pyx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ the :mod:`slope_one` module includes the :class:`SlopeOne` algorithm.
 
 
 cimport numpy as np  # noqa
+np.import_array()  # noqa
 import numpy as np
 
 from .algo_base import AlgoBase
diff --git a/surprise/similarities.pyx b/surprise/similarities.pyx
index 35e0c14d..10b96d16 100644
--- a/surprise/similarities.pyx
+++ b/surprise/similarities.pyx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Available similarity measures:
 
 
 cimport numpy as np  # noqa
+np.import_array()  # noqa
 import numpy as np
 from libc.math cimport sqrt