diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 49da6b87515..d339e3cc7b9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Fixed
+- Update `numpy.percentile` syntax to stop using deprecated alias [[5483](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/pull/5483)], with thanks to @Mr-Neutr0n for the contribution!
+  - `numpy` with a version less than 1.22 is no longer supported.
+
 ## [6.6.0] - 2026-03-02
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/plotly/figure_factory/_violin.py b/plotly/figure_factory/_violin.py
index 55924e69238..285733fefd8 100644
--- a/plotly/figure_factory/_violin.py
+++ b/plotly/figure_factory/_violin.py
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ def calc_stats(data):
     x = np.asarray(data, float)
     vals_min = np.min(x)
     vals_max = np.max(x)
-    q2 = np.percentile(x, 50, interpolation="linear")
-    q1 = np.percentile(x, 25, interpolation="lower")
-    q3 = np.percentile(x, 75, interpolation="higher")
+    q2 = np.percentile(x, 50, method="linear")
+    q1 = np.percentile(x, 25, method="lower")
+    q3 = np.percentile(x, 75, method="higher")
     iqr = q3 - q1
     whisker_dist = 1.5 * iqr
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 15c4628a911..faf7b04d3bc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-express = ["numpy"]
+express = ["numpy>=1.22"]
 kaleido = ["kaleido>=1.1.0"]
 dev_core = [
     "pytest",
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ dev_build = [
 ]
 dev_optional = [
     "plotly[dev_build]",
+    "plotly[express]",
     "plotly[kaleido]",
     "anywidget",
     "colorcet",
@@ -61,7 +62,6 @@ dev_optional = [
     "fiona<=1.9.6;python_version<='3.8'",
     "geopandas",
     "inflect",
-    "numpy",
     "orjson",
     "pandas",
     "pdfrw",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 41cee9778dd..cdbf570b13d 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version = 1
-revision = 2
+revision = 3
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 resolution-markers = [
     "python_full_version >= '3.12'",
@@ -4418,8 +4418,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "jupyter", marker = "extra == 'dev-build'" },
     { name = "kaleido", marker = "extra == 'kaleido'", specifier = ">=1.1.0" },
     { name = "narwhals", specifier = ">=1.15.1" },
-    { name = "numpy", marker = "extra == 'dev-optional'" },
-    { name = "numpy", marker = "extra == 'express'" },
+    { name = "numpy", marker = "extra == 'express'", specifier = ">=1.22" },
     { name = "orjson", marker = "extra == 'dev-optional'" },
     { name = "packaging" },
     { name = "pandas", marker = "extra == 'dev-optional'" },
@@ -4428,6 +4427,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "plotly", extras = ["dev-build"], marker = "extra == 'dev-optional'" },
     { name = "plotly", extras = ["dev-core"], marker = "extra == 'dev-build'" },
     { name = "plotly", extras = ["dev-optional"], marker = "extra == 'dev'" },
+    { name = "plotly", extras = ["express"], marker = "extra == 'dev-optional'" },
     { name = "plotly", extras = ["kaleido"], marker = "extra == 'dev-optional'" },
     { name = "plotly-geo", marker = "extra == 'dev-optional'" },
     { name = "polars", extras = ["timezone"], marker = "extra == 'dev-optional'" },