diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eb5ccbd..32e780e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## backend dependencies
 prefect==2.20.9
-pandas==2.0.3
+#pandas==2.0.3
 netCDF4==1.6.5
 botocore==1.31.44
 boto3==1.28.44