diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d7a9f03..3b3bdd8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ keywords = [
 
 dependencies = [
     'numpy>=1.20.0',
-    'pandas',
+    'pandas>=2.2',
     'mdanalysis>=2.0.0',
     'pytest',
     'matplotlib',
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7ba5ec2..cc22965 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 setuptools
 numpy>=1.20.0
-pandas
+pandas>=2.2
 mdanalysis>=2.0.0
 pytest
 pathlib