diff --git a/requirements/datatype_audio.txt b/requirements/datatype_audio.txt
index 37361cadd7..b77e3c1d15 100644
--- a/requirements/datatype_audio.txt
+++ b/requirements/datatype_audio.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # NOTE: all pins for latest are for CI consistency unless it is `strict`, then it is also forced in setup
 
+numpy <1.24  # strict - freeze for strange failing with required `padding=True`
 torchaudio <=2.0.2
 torchvision <=0.15.2
 librosa >=0.8.1, <=0.10.0.post2
diff --git a/src/flash/__init__.py b/src/flash/__init__.py
index 04f1161d77..74aeac16c9 100644
--- a/src/flash/__init__.py
+++ b/src/flash/__init__.py
@@ -17,12 +17,9 @@
 import numpy
 
 # adding compatibility for numpy >= 1.24
-for tp_name, tp_ins in [("object", object), ("bool", bool)]:
+for tp_name, tp_ins in [("object", object), ("bool", bool), ("float", float)]:
     if not hasattr(numpy, tp_name):
         setattr(numpy, tp_name, tp_ins)
-for tp_name, tp_ins in [("float", "float64")]:
-    if not hasattr(numpy, tp_name):
-        setattr(numpy, tp_name, getattr(numpy, tp_ins))
 
 from flash.__about__ import *  # noqa: F401 E402 F403
 from flash.core.data.callback import FlashCallback  # noqa: E402