diff --git a/.github/setup/action.yaml b/.github/setup/action.yaml
index 703efdba6..2162cee70 100644
--- a/.github/setup/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/setup/action.yaml
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 name: Install project dependencies
+description: Install project dependencies
 
 inputs:
   python-version:
+    description: The python version to use
     required: true
   os:
-    required: true
-  numpy-version:
+    description: The OS to run on
     required: true
 
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
-
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
@@ -35,7 +35,3 @@ runs:
     - name: Install project dependencies
       shell: bash
       run: poetry install -vvv --no-root
-      
-    - name: Set numpy version
-      shell: bash
-      run: pip install numpy"${{ inputs. numpy-version }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index e09b6df22..b04329fc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -19,13 +19,9 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # Don't use macos-latest because it is arm64
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-13]
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
-        include:
-          - numpy-version: "<2.0"
-          - numpy-version: ">= 2.0"
-            os: ubuntu-latest
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
 
-    name: OS ${{ matrix.os }} - Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} - Numpy ${{ matrix.numpy-version }}
+    name: OS ${{ matrix.os }} - Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -35,7 +31,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           os: ${{ matrix.os }}
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          numpy-version: ${{ matrix.numpy-version }}
 
       - name: Run mypy on 'tests' (using the local stubs) and on the local stubs
         run: poetry run poe mypy
diff --git a/docs/release_procedure.md b/docs/release_procedure.md
index 3ba543955..60aa0fd37 100644
--- a/docs/release_procedure.md
+++ b/docs/release_procedure.md
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
 ```shell
 rm dist/*
-poetry publish --build  # you will get prompted for your pypi username/password
+poetry build
+twine upload dist/*  # Requires having the pypi API token allowing uploads
 git commit -a -m "Version a.b.c.yymmdd"
 git push upstream main
 git tag va.b.c.yymmdd
@@ -15,5 +16,3 @@ git push upstream --tags
 ```
 
 The conda bots will recognize that a new version has been uploaded to pypi, and generate a pull request sent to the maintainers to approve it.
-
-Note - Changes will need to be made to use pypi API tokens in the near future.
diff --git a/docs/setup.md b/docs/setup.md
index 747886368..402a18ecb 100644
--- a/docs/setup.md
+++ b/docs/setup.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Set Up Environment
 
-- Make sure you have `python >= 3.9` installed.
-- Install poetry: `pip install 'poetry>=1.2'`
+- Make sure you have `python >= 3.10` installed.
+- Install poetry: `pip install 'poetry>=1.8'`
 - Install the project dependencies: `poetry update`
 - Enter the virtual environment: `poetry shell`
 - Run all tests: `poe test_all`
diff --git a/pandas-stubs/core/dtypes/base.pyi b/pandas-stubs/core/dtypes/base.pyi
index 4ce9ac70d..41c866f92 100644
--- a/pandas-stubs/core/dtypes/base.pyi
+++ b/pandas-stubs/core/dtypes/base.pyi
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class ExtensionDtype:
     @property
     def kind(
         self,
-    ) -> Literal["b", "i", "u", "f", "c", "m", "M", "O", "S", "U", "V"]: ...
+    ) -> Literal["b", "i", "u", "f", "c", "m", "M", "O", "S", "U", "V", "T"]: ...
     @property
     def names(self) -> list[str] | None: ...
     def empty(self, size: int | tuple[int, ...]) -> type_t[ExtensionArray]: ...
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 54da448ee..ef52aed8c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ packages = [{ "include" = "pandas-stubs" }]
 "Documentation" = "https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.9"
+python = ">=3.10"
 types-pytz = ">= 2022.1.1"
-numpy = ">= 1.23.5, <= 2.0.1"
+numpy = ">= 1.23.5"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 mypy = "1.10.1"
diff --git a/tests/test_scalars.py b/tests/test_scalars.py
index 30315a22d..0f8bcb1c2 100644
--- a/tests/test_scalars.py
+++ b/tests/test_scalars.py
@@ -879,8 +879,8 @@ def test_timedelta_cmp() -> None:
     le = check(assert_type(c_dt_timedelta <= td, bool), bool)
     assert gt != le
 
-    gt_b = check(assert_type(c_timedelta64 > td, Any), bool)
-    le_b = check(assert_type(c_timedelta64 <= td, Any), bool)
+    gt_b = check(assert_type(c_timedelta64 > td, np.bool), bool)
+    le_b = check(assert_type(c_timedelta64 <= td, np.bool), bool)
     assert gt_b != le_b
 
     gt_a = check(
@@ -947,8 +947,8 @@ def test_timedelta_cmp() -> None:
     ge = check(assert_type(c_dt_timedelta >= td, bool), bool)
     assert lt != ge
 
-    lt_b = check(assert_type(c_timedelta64 < td, Any), bool)
-    ge_b = check(assert_type(c_timedelta64 >= td, Any), bool)
+    lt_b = check(assert_type(c_timedelta64 < td, np.bool), bool)
+    ge_b = check(assert_type(c_timedelta64 >= td, np.bool), bool)
     assert lt_b != ge_b
 
     lt_a = check(
@@ -1271,8 +1271,8 @@ def test_timestamp_cmp() -> None:
     check(assert_type(ts > c_series_dt64, "pd.Series[bool]"), pd.Series, np.bool_)
     check(assert_type(ts <= c_series_dt64, "pd.Series[bool]"), pd.Series, np.bool_)
 
-    check(assert_type(c_np_dt64 > ts, Any), bool)
-    check(assert_type(c_np_dt64 <= ts, Any), bool)
+    check(assert_type(c_np_dt64 > ts, np.bool), bool)
+    check(assert_type(c_np_dt64 <= ts, np.bool), bool)
 
     gt = check(assert_type(c_dt_datetime > ts, bool), bool)
     lte = check(assert_type(c_dt_datetime <= ts, bool), bool)
@@ -1315,8 +1315,8 @@ def test_timestamp_cmp() -> None:
     lt = check(assert_type(c_dt_datetime < ts, bool), bool)
     assert gte != lt
 
-    check(assert_type(c_np_dt64 >= ts, Any), bool)
-    check(assert_type(c_np_dt64 < ts, Any), bool)
+    check(assert_type(c_np_dt64 >= ts, np.bool), bool)
+    check(assert_type(c_np_dt64 < ts, np.bool), bool)
 
     check(assert_type(c_datetimeindex >= ts, np_ndarray_bool), np.ndarray, np.bool_)
     check(assert_type(c_datetimeindex < ts, np_ndarray_bool), np.ndarray, np.bool_)
diff --git a/tests/test_series.py b/tests/test_series.py
index 21f368475..e68028cc4 100644
--- a/tests/test_series.py
+++ b/tests/test_series.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
     Generic,
+    Literal,
     TypeVar,
     Union,
     cast,
@@ -81,6 +82,23 @@
     )
     from pandas._typing import np_ndarray_int  # noqa: F401
 
+# Tests will use numpy 2.1 in python 3.10 or later
+# From Numpy 2.1 __init__.pyi
+_DTypeKind: TypeAlias = Literal[
+    "b",  # boolean
+    "i",  # signed integer
+    "u",  # unsigned integer
+    "f",  # floating-point
+    "c",  # complex floating-point
+    "m",  # timedelta64
+    "M",  # datetime64
+    "O",  # python object
+    "S",  # byte-string (fixed-width)
+    "U",  # unicode-string (fixed-width)
+    "V",  # void
+    "T",  # unicode-string (variable-width)
+]
+
 
 def test_types_init() -> None:
     pd.Series(1)
@@ -1675,15 +1693,15 @@ def test_dtype_type() -> None:
     # GH 216
     s1 = pd.Series(["foo"], dtype="string")
     check(assert_type(s1.dtype, DtypeObj), ExtensionDtype)
-    check(assert_type(s1.dtype.kind, str), str)
+    check(assert_type(s1.dtype.kind, _DTypeKind), str)
 
     s2 = pd.Series([1], dtype="Int64")
     check(assert_type(s2.dtype, DtypeObj), ExtensionDtype)
-    check(assert_type(s2.dtype.kind, str), str)
+    check(assert_type(s2.dtype.kind, _DTypeKind), str)
 
     s3 = pd.Series([1, 2, 3])
     check(assert_type(s3.dtype, DtypeObj), np.dtype)
-    check(assert_type(s3.dtype.kind, str), str)
+    check(assert_type(s3.dtype.kind, _DTypeKind), str)
 
 
 def test_types_to_numpy() -> None: