From 6ebfea474614819f5d5e9434f30ff511e20a4518 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt <1610241+wollerman@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:44:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] update numba version pin to >=

---
 pyproject.toml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2dea9005c..2cf46c3cd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "soxr~=0.5.0",
     "openai>=1.74.0,<3",
     # Pinning numba to resolve package dependencies
-    "numba==0.61.2",
+    "numba>=0.61.2",
     "wait_for2>=0.4.1; python_version<'3.12'",
     # Required by LocalSmartTurnAnalyzerV3
     # Inlined here instead of using a self-referential extra for Poetry compatibility.

From acff172bf27a1341348c6acebcfaa21843375a6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt <1610241+wollerman@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:52:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] create changelog entry

---
 changelog/3868.changed.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 changelog/3868.changed.md

diff --git a/changelog/3868.changed.md b/changelog/3868.changed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f019cca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/3868.changed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Updated numba version pin from == to >=0.61.2