diff --git a/.github/workflows/array-api-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/array-api-tests.yml
index c7e2af5c..1a426a62 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/array-api-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/array-api-tests.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python -m pip install '${{ inputs.package-name }} ${{ inputs.package-version }}' ${{ inputs.extra-requires }}
         python -m pip install -r ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/array-api-tests/requirements.txt
+        python -m pip install hypothesis==6.97.1
     - name: Run the array API testsuite (${{ inputs.package-name }})
       if: "! ((matrix.python-version == '3.11' && inputs.package-name == 'numpy' && contains(inputs.package-version, '1.21')) || (matrix.python-version == '3.8' && inputs.package-name == 'numpy' && contains(inputs.xfails-file-extra, 'dev')))"
       env:
diff --git a/numpy-1-21-xfails.txt b/numpy-1-21-xfails.txt
index 9a0d2827..1c38b209 100644
--- a/numpy-1-21-xfails.txt
+++ b/numpy-1-21-xfails.txt
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ array_api_tests/test_signatures.py::test_array_method_signature[__dlpack_device_
 # qr() doesn't support matrix stacks
 array_api_tests/test_linalg.py::test_qr
 
+# cross has some promotion bug that is fixed in newer numpy versions
+array_api_tests/test_linalg.py::test_cross
+
+# vector_norm with ord=-1 which has since been fixed
+# https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/21083
+array_api_tests/test_linalg.py::test_vector_norm
+
 # argmax and argmin do not support keepdims
 array_api_tests/test_searching_functions.py::test_argmax
 array_api_tests/test_searching_functions.py::test_argmin