diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
index f3a97474d..bf3ceefc3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install SmartSim (with ML backends)
         run: |
           python -m pip install git+https://github.com/CrayLabs/SmartRedis.git@develop#egg=smartredis
-          python -m pip install .[dev,ml]
+          python -m pip install .[dev,mypy,ml]
 
       - name: Install ML Runtimes with Smart (with pt, tf, and onnx support)
         if: contains( matrix.os, 'ubuntu' ) || contains( matrix.os, 'macos-12')
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run mypy
         run: |
-          python -m pip install .[mypy]
           make check-mypy
 
       - name: Run Pylint
diff --git a/doc/changelog.md b/doc/changelog.md
index 6efeedfaf..61c8a8779 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.md
+++ b/doc/changelog.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ To be released at some future point in time
 
 Description
 
+- Mitigate dependency installation issues
 - Fix internal host name representation for Dragon backend
 - Make dependencies more discoverable in setup.py
 - Add hardware pinning capability when using dragon
@@ -27,6 +28,12 @@ Description
 
 Detailed Notes
 
+- Installation of mypy or dragon in separate build actions caused
+  some dependencies (typing_extensions, numpy) to be upgraded and
+  caused runtime failures. The build actions were tweaked to include
+  all optional dependencies to be considered by pip during resolution.
+  Additionally, the numpy version was capped on dragon installations.
+  ([SmartSim-PR653](https://github.com/CrayLabs/SmartSim/pull/653))
 - setup.py used to define dependencies in a way that was not amenable
   to code scanning tools. Direct dependencies now appear directly
   in the setup call and the definition of the SmartRedis version
diff --git a/smartsim/_core/_cli/scripts/dragon_install.py b/smartsim/_core/_cli/scripts/dragon_install.py
index 466c390bd..a2e8ed36f 100644
--- a/smartsim/_core/_cli/scripts/dragon_install.py
+++ b/smartsim/_core/_cli/scripts/dragon_install.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def install_package(asset_dir: pathlib.Path) -> int:
         logger.info(f"Installing package: {wheel_path.absolute()}")
 
         try:
-            pip("install", "--force-reinstall", str(wheel_path))
+            pip("install", "--force-reinstall", str(wheel_path), "numpy<2")
             wheel_path = next(wheels, None)
         except Exception:
             logger.error(f"Unable to install from {asset_dir}")