diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 041a6c5..ca9c23d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ picklescan --path downloads
 picklescan --url https://huggingface.co/sshleifer/tiny-distilbert-base-cased-distilled-squad/resolve/main/pytorch_model.bin
 ```
 
+To scan Numpy's `.npy` files, pip install the `numpy` package first.
+
 The scanner exit status codes are (a-la [ClamAV](https://www.clamav.net/)):
 - `0`: scan did not find malware
 - `1`: scan found malware
diff --git a/conda.test.yaml b/conda.test.yaml
index 81e28bc..8f91c82 100644
--- a/conda.test.yaml
+++ b/conda.test.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: picklescan-test
 channels:
 - nodefaults
 dependencies:
-- python=3.7
+- python=3.9
 - pip
 - pip:
   - picklescan==0.0.2
diff --git a/conda.yaml b/conda.yaml
index 6ccbc14..593a620 100644
--- a/conda.yaml
+++ b/conda.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: picklescan
 channels:
 - nodefaults
 dependencies:
-- python=3.7
+- python=3.9
 - pip
 - pip:
   - -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3477a2a..2c47364 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = picklescan
-version = 0.0.8
+version = 0.0.9
 author = Matthieu Maitre
 author_email = mmaitre314@users.noreply.github.com
 description = Security scanner detecting Python Pickle files performing suspicious actions
diff --git a/src/picklescan/scanner.py b/src/picklescan/scanner.py
index 2908fcc..0b1bd8e 100644
--- a/src/picklescan/scanner.py
+++ b/src/picklescan/scanner.py
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@
 import urllib.parse
 import zipfile
 
-from numpy.lib.format import (
-    MAGIC_PREFIX as NUMPY_MAGIC_PREFIX,
-    _check_version,
-    _read_array_header,
-    read_magic,
-)
-
 from .torch import (
     get_magic_number,
     InvalidMagicError,
@@ -289,10 +282,14 @@ def scan_zip_bytes(data: IO[bytes], file_id) -> ScanResult:
 
 
 def scan_numpy(data: IO[bytes], file_id) -> ScanResult:
+
+    # Delay import to avoid dependency on NumPy
+    import numpy as np
+
     # Code to distinguish from NumPy binary files and pickles.
     _ZIP_PREFIX = b"PK\x03\x04"
     _ZIP_SUFFIX = b"PK\x05\x06"  # empty zip files start with this
-    N = len(NUMPY_MAGIC_PREFIX)
+    N = len(np.lib.format.MAGIC_PREFIX)
     magic = data.read(N)
     # If the file size is less than N, we need to make sure not
     # to seek past the beginning of the file
@@ -300,12 +297,12 @@ def scan_numpy(data: IO[bytes], file_id) -> ScanResult:
     if magic.startswith(_ZIP_PREFIX) or magic.startswith(_ZIP_SUFFIX):
         # .npz file
         raise NotImplementedError("Scanning of .npz files is not implemented yet")
-    elif magic == NUMPY_MAGIC_PREFIX:
+    elif magic == np.lib.format.MAGIC_PREFIX:
         # .npy file
 
-        version = read_magic(data)
-        _check_version(version)
-        _, _, dtype = _read_array_header(data, version)
+        version = np.lib.format.read_magic(data)
+        np.lib.format._check_version(version)
+        _, _, dtype = np.lib.format._read_array_header(data, version)
 
         if dtype.hasobject:
             return scan_pickle_bytes(data, file_id)