diff --git a/srcpkgs/urh/patches/numpy.patch b/srcpkgs/urh/patches/numpy.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76dd552a9d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/urh/patches/numpy.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Either urh works with numpy >= 2.0, or it has been long broken anyway.
+
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
+         return ""
+ 
+ 
+-install_requires = ["numpy<2.0.0", "psutil", "cython", "setuptools"]
++install_requires = ["numpy", "psutil", "cython", "setuptools"]
+ if IS_RELEASE:
+     install_requires.append("pyqt5")
+ else:
+@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
+     license="GNU General Public License (GPL)",
+     download_url="https://github.com/jopohl/urh/tarball/v" + str(version.VERSION),
+     install_requires=install_requires,
+-    setup_requires=["numpy<2.0.0"],
++    setup_requires=["numpy"],
+     packages=get_packages(),
+     ext_modules=get_extensions(),
+     cmdclass={"build_ext": build_ext},
diff --git a/srcpkgs/urh/template b/srcpkgs/urh/template
index 7c109b044b1..64c93f19ccc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/urh/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/urh/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'urh'
 pkgname=urh
-version=2.9.6
-revision=2
+version=2.9.8
+revision=1
 build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython0.29 python3-numpy"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython python3-numpy"
 makedepends="python3-devel python3-PyQt5 libairspy-devel librtlsdr-devel
  libhackrf-devel uhd-devel libgomp-devel"
-depends="python3-numpy python3-PyQt5 python3-Cython0.29 python3-psutil
+depends="python3-numpy python3-PyQt5 python3-Cython python3-psutil
  python3-setuptools"
 checkdepends="$depends"
 short_desc="Universal Radio Hacker: investigate unknown wireless protocols"
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/jopohl/urh"
 changelog="https://github.com/jopohl/urh/releases"
 distfiles="https://github.com/jopohl/urh/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=34128f15bf57b21241fd629938826e17bc6fb32c1662665fda8b1d4c14a74559
-make_check=no # Test suite is taking too long and CI times out
+checksum=6d564cbcf1dd5fd0bd86a349826b4ae4a6bc95ff0ec77b0e1027f2f2260fb9fd
 
 post_install() {
 	vinstall data/urh.desktop 644 usr/share/applications