[Python] Missing 'numpy._core.numeric' when loading pandas df from pickle

A pandas dataframe was pickled on another machine via

df.to_pickle('data.pkl')


I tried loading that pickle both through

with open('path/to/data.pkl', 'rb') as handle:
data = pickle.load(handle)


and

data = pd.read_pickle('path/to/data.pkl')


both yielded

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'numpy._core.numeric'


Both computers run pandas 2.2.2 and numpy 1.26.4, going to these versions worked for some others that faced this error, not me.

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