diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 80b9dc3..57fe1d8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "numpy>=1.20.3",
     "netCDF4>=1.5.8",
     "xarray>=0.21.1",
+    "pandas<3.0.0",
     "scipy>=1.7.1",
     "ruamel.yaml>=0.17.16",
     "fuzzywuzzy>=0.18.0",