diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 534cb339f4..cc1c5d721c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "numpy>=1.23",
     "scipy>=1.10",
     "cvxpy~=1.7.3",
-    "pandas>=2.0",
+    "pandas>=3.1.0",
     "numba>=0.57",
     "PyVMCON>=2.4.0,<2.5.0",
     "CoolProp>=6.4",