diff --git a/mne/conftest.py b/mne/conftest.py
index 18b16f6f9c4..92d077273de 100644
--- a/mne/conftest.py
+++ b/mne/conftest.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
     # TODO: Fix this with casts?
     # https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/22449
     try:
-        np.set_printoptions(legacy="1.25")
+        np.set_printoptions(legacy=125)
     except Exception:
         pass  # probably missing kwarg