diff --git a/src/biosets/data_handling/dict/dict.py b/src/biosets/data_handling/dict/dict.py
index 7e23fff..6cb6414 100644
--- a/src/biosets/data_handling/dict/dict.py
+++ b/src/biosets/data_handling/dict/dict.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def to_dicts(self, X: Dict[str, list], **kwargs):
         return [{k: v[i] for k, v in X.items()} for i in range(len(first_entry))]
 
     def to_numpy(self, X: Dict[str, list], **kwargs):
-        return np.asarray(self.to_list(X, **kwargs), **np_asarray_kwargs(kwargs))
+        return np.asarray(self.to_list(X, **kwargs), **get_kwargs(kwargs, np.asarray))
 
     def to_pandas(self, X: Dict[str, list], **kwargs):
         return pd.DataFrame(X, **get_kwargs(kwargs, pd.DataFrame.__init__))
diff --git a/src/biosets/utils/import_util.py b/src/biosets/utils/import_util.py
index 83f2378..2145f18 100644
--- a/src/biosets/utils/import_util.py
+++ b/src/biosets/utils/import_util.py
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ def _is_package_available(
 _matplotlib_available = _is_package_available("matplotlib")
 _natten_available = _is_package_available("natten")
 _nltk_available = _is_package_available("nltk")
+_numpy_version = importlib.metadata.version("numpy")
 _onnx_available = _is_package_available("onnx")
 _openai_available = _is_package_available("openai")
 _optimum_available = _is_package_available("optimum")
diff --git a/src/biosets/utils/inspect.py b/src/biosets/utils/inspect.py
index b7c8263..ac317fd 100644
--- a/src/biosets/utils/inspect.py
+++ b/src/biosets/utils/inspect.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import inspect
 import sys
+import version
 
 from biosets.utils import logging
+from biosets.utils.import_util import _numpy_version
 
 logger = logging.get_logger(__name__)
 
@@ -123,15 +125,17 @@ def ds_init_kwargs(kwargs: dict):
 
 
 def np_asarray_kwargs(kwargs: dict):
-    dtype = kwargs.get("dtype", None)
-    order = kwargs.get("order", None)
-    device = kwargs.get("device", None)
-    copy = kwargs.get("copy", None)
-    like = kwargs.get("like", None)
-    return {
-        "dtype": dtype,
-        "order": order,
-        "device": device,
-        "copy": copy,
-        "like": like,
-    }
+    if version.parse(_numpy_version) < version.parse("2.0.0"):
+        return {
+            "dtype": kwargs.get("dtype", None),
+            "order": kwargs.get("order", None),
+            "like": kwargs.get("like", None),
+        }
+    else:
+        return {
+            "dtype": kwargs.get("dtype", None),
+            "order": kwargs.get("order", None),
+            "device": kwargs.get("device", None),
+            "copy": kwargs.get("copy", None),
+            "like": kwargs.get("like", None),
+        }