diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bb95122a..5b4af888 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ joblib = "*"
 llvmlite = "*"
 netCDF4 = "*"
 numpy = ">=1.20, <2.0"
-pandas = "<2"
+pandas = ">=2.1"
 psutil = "*"
 pydap = ">=3.4.0"
 pyresample = "*"