diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 18406d02..fefadeb0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         'biopython==1.77',
         'networkx',
         'simanneal',
-        'pandas',
+        'pandas=2.0.0',
         'wget',
         'pysam',
         'Pillow',