diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 90cc2f5..9911b21 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ packages =
     trsfile.engine
     trsfile.converters
 install_requires =
-    numpy>=1,<2
+    numpy>=1.24,<3
 include_package_data = True
 
 [options.extras_require]
diff --git a/tests/test_parameter.py b/tests/test_parameter.py
index 45636a9..05ae071 100644
--- a/tests/test_parameter.py
+++ b/tests/test_parameter.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from io import BytesIO
 from unittest import TestCase
 
-from numpy import ndarray, int16, array, int32, int64, single, double, uint8, int8, uint16, bool8
+from numpy import ndarray, int16, array, int32, int64, single, double, uint8, int8, uint16
 
 from trsfile.traceparameter import BooleanArrayParameter, ByteArrayParameter, DoubleArrayParameter, FloatArrayParameter, \
     IntegerArrayParameter, ShortArrayParameter, LongArrayParameter, StringParameter
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ def test_bool_parameter(self):
         param1 = BooleanArrayParameter([True, False, True])
         self.assertEqual(serialized_param, param1.serialize())
         self.assertEqual(BooleanArrayParameter.deserialize(BytesIO(serialized_param), 3), param1)
-        param2 = BooleanArrayParameter(ndarray(shape=[3], dtype=bool8,
-                                               buffer=array([bool8(val) for val in [True, False, True]])))
+        param2 = BooleanArrayParameter(ndarray(shape=[3], dtype=bool,
+                                               buffer=array([bool(val) for val in [True, False, True]])))
         self.assertEqual(param1, param2)
 
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ def test_byte_parameter(self):
             ByteArrayParameter([0, '1'])
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             ByteArrayParameter([bytes([0, 1, 2, 3]), bytes([4, 5, 6, 7])])
+        with self.assertRaises(OverflowError):
+            ByteArrayParameter(ndarray(shape=[16], dtype=int8, buffer=array(int_data, dtype=int8)))
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
-            ByteArrayParameter(ndarray(shape=[16], dtype=int8, buffer=array([int8(val) for val in int_data])))
-        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
-            ByteArrayParameter(ndarray(shape=[16], dtype=uint16, buffer=array([uint16(val) for val in int_data])))
+            ByteArrayParameter(ndarray(shape=[16], dtype=uint16, buffer=array(int_data, dtype=uint16)))
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             ByteArrayParameter([])
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
diff --git a/trsfile/traceparameter.py b/trsfile/traceparameter.py
index 494115d..51b5184 100644
--- a/trsfile/traceparameter.py
+++ b/trsfile/traceparameter.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from io import BytesIO
 from typing import Any
 
-from numpy import ndarray, integer, bool8, uint8, double, single
+from numpy import ndarray, integer, uint8, double, single
 
 from trsfile.utils import encode_as_short, read_short
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def deserialize(io_bytes: BytesIO) -> TraceSetParameter:
 
 
 class BooleanArrayParameter(TraceParameter):
-    _expected_type_string = "List[bool] or ndarray[bool8]"
+    _expected_type_string = "List[bool] or ndarray[bool]"
 
     def __len__(self):
         return len(bytes(self.value))
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def _has_expected_type(value: Any) -> bool:
         if type(value) is list:
             return all(isinstance(elem, bool) for elem in value)
         elif type(value) is ndarray:
-            return all(isinstance(elem, bool8) for elem in value)
+            return value.dtype == bool
         return False