diff --git a/.ci/docker/almalinux/Dockerfile b/.ci/docker/almalinux/Dockerfile
index 3bc3fd8badc6d..fc241ab054d55 100644
--- a/.ci/docker/almalinux/Dockerfile
+++ b/.ci/docker/almalinux/Dockerfile
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ RUN yum install -y sudo wget curl perl util-linux xz bzip2 git patch which perl
 RUN git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
 ENV PATH=/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-${DEVTOOLSET_VERSION}/root/usr/bin:$PATH
 
-# cmake-3.18.4 from pip
+# cmake-3.28.4 from pip
 RUN yum install -y python3-pip && \
-    python3 -mpip install cmake==3.18.4 && \
+    python3 -mpip install cmake==3.28.4 && \
     ln -s /usr/local/bin/cmake /usr/bin/cmake3
 RUN rm -rf /usr/local/cuda-*
 
diff --git a/.ci/docker/manywheel/Dockerfile_2_28 b/.ci/docker/manywheel/Dockerfile_2_28
index f6450ab3eaef2..eba91a095b9f7 100644
--- a/.ci/docker/manywheel/Dockerfile_2_28
+++ b/.ci/docker/manywheel/Dockerfile_2_28
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ RUN yum install -y sudo wget curl perl util-linux xz bzip2 git patch which perl
 ENV PATH=/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-${DEVTOOLSET_VERSION}/root/usr/bin:$PATH
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-${DEVTOOLSET_VERSION}/root/usr/lib64:/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-${DEVTOOLSET_VERSION}/root/usr/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 
-# cmake-3.18.4 from pip
+# cmake-3.28.4 from pip
 RUN yum install -y python3-pip && \
-    python3 -mpip install cmake==3.18.4 && \
+    python3 -mpip install cmake==3.28.4 && \
     ln -s /usr/local/bin/cmake /usr/bin/cmake3
 
 FROM base as openssl
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ RUN for cpython_version in "cp312-cp312" "cp313-cp313" "cp313-cp313t"; do \
 ADD ./common/patch_libstdc.sh patch_libstdc.sh
 RUN bash ./patch_libstdc.sh && rm patch_libstdc.sh
 
-# cmake-3.18.4 from pip; force in case cmake3 already exists
+# cmake-3.28.4 from pip; force in case cmake3 already exists
 RUN yum install -y python3-pip && \
-    python3 -mpip install cmake==3.18.4 && \
+    python3 -mpip install cmake==3.28.4 && \
     ln -sf /usr/local/bin/cmake /usr/bin/cmake3
 
 FROM cpu_final as cuda_final
diff --git a/requirements-build.txt b/requirements-build.txt
index 8f0c61e52ad17..9a9f60b5ec670 100644
--- a/requirements-build.txt
+++ b/requirements-build.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ setuptools==79.0.1
 cmake==4.0.0
 ninja==1.11.1.4
 numpy==2.1.2 ; python_version < "3.14"
-numpy==2.4.3 ; python_version >= "3.14"
+numpy>=2.3 ; python_version >= "3.14"
 packaging==25.0
 pyyaml==6.0.3
 requests==2.32.5