diff --git a/CHANGE_LOG b/CHANGE_LOG
index 5be1ab334a9..0b2ec9d5b77 100644
--- a/CHANGE_LOG
+++ b/CHANGE_LOG
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ Pull-Requests:
 * PR `#8197 <https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/8197>`_: Fix `isinstance` warning check test. (`stuartarchibald <https://github.com/stuartarchibald>`_)
 * PR `#8203 <https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/8203>`_: pin llvmlite 0.39 for public CI builds (`esc <https://github.com/esc>`_)
 * PR `#8192 <https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/8192>`_:  Update CHANGE_LOG for 0.56.0 (`stuartarchibald <https://github.com/stuartarchibald>`_ `esc <https://github.com/esc>`_ `Siu Kwan Lam <https://github.com/sklam>`_)
+* PR `#8205 <https://github.com/numba/numba/pull/8205>`_:  Pin llvmlite and NumPy on release branch.(`esc <https://github.com/esc>`_ `Siu Kwan Lam <https://github.com/sklam>`_)
 
 Authors:
 
diff --git a/buildscripts/condarecipe.local/meta.yaml b/buildscripts/condarecipe.local/meta.yaml
index ae485971906..e07ff5aa002 100644
--- a/buildscripts/condarecipe.local/meta.yaml
+++ b/buildscripts/condarecipe.local/meta.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ requirements:
     - setuptools
     - importlib_metadata       # [py<39]
     # On channel https://anaconda.org/numba/
-    - llvmlite >=0.39.0dev0,<0.39
+    - llvmlite 0.39.*
     # TBB devel version is to match TBB libs.
     # 2020.3 is the last version with the "old" ABI
     # NOTE: 2021.1..2021.5 are API compatible for Numba's purposes.
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ requirements:
   run:
     - python >=3.7
     # NumPy 1.22.0, 1.22.1, 1.22.2 are all broken for ufuncs, see #7756
-    - numpy >=1.18, !=1.22.0, !=1.22.1, !=1.22.2
+    - numpy >=1.18, !=1.22.0, !=1.22.1, !=1.22.2, <1.23
     - setuptools
     - importlib_metadata       # [py<39]
     # On channel https://anaconda.org/numba/
-    - llvmlite >=0.39.0dev0,<0.39
+    - llvmlite 0.39.*
   run_constrained:
     # If TBB is present it must be at least version 2021
     - tbb >=2021    # [not (armv6l or armv7l or aarch64 or linux32 or ppc64le)]
diff --git a/docs/source/user/installing.rst b/docs/source/user/installing.rst
index a7eecbdf8d3..5e4149e2cfe 100644
--- a/docs/source/user/installing.rst
+++ b/docs/source/user/installing.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Installation
 Compatibility
 -------------
 
-Numba is compatible with Python 3.7--3.10, and Numpy versions 1.18 or later.
+Numba is compatible with Python 3.7--3.10, and Numpy versions 1.18 up to 1.22.
 
 Our supported platforms are:
 
diff --git a/numba/__init__.py b/numba/__init__.py
index 3c40e1b19e3..30f0ff45ca3 100644
--- a/numba/__init__.py
+++ b/numba/__init__.py
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ def _ensure_critical_deps():
 
     if numpy_version < (1, 18):
         raise ImportError("Numba needs NumPy 1.18 or greater")
+    elif numpy_version > (1, 22):
+        raise ImportError("Numba needs NumPy 1.22 or less")
 
     try:
         import scipy
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f6703f64fc2..19766b8a290 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 max_python_version = "3.11"  # exclusive
 min_numpy_build_version = "1.11"
 min_numpy_run_version = "1.18"
+max_numpy_run_version = "1.23"
 min_llvmlite_version = "0.39.0dev0"
 max_llvmlite_version = "0.40"
 
@@ -356,10 +357,11 @@ def check_file_at_path(path2file):
 
 packages = find_packages(include=["numba", "numba.*"])
 
-build_requires = ['numpy >={}'.format(min_numpy_build_version)]
+build_requires = ['numpy >={},<{}'.format(min_numpy_build_version,
+                                          max_numpy_run_version)]
 install_requires = [
     'llvmlite >={},<{}'.format(min_llvmlite_version, max_llvmlite_version),
-    'numpy >={}'.format(min_numpy_run_version),
+    'numpy >={},<{}'.format(min_numpy_run_version, max_numpy_run_version),
     'setuptools',
     'importlib_metadata; python_version < "3.9"',
 ]