diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 61675658f..4cfdbd47e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         "biopython >=1.67, ==1.*",
         "jsonschema >=3.0.0, ==3.*",
         "packaging >=19.2",
-        "pandas >=0.20.0, ==0.*",
+        "pandas >=1.0.0, ==1.*",
         "phylo-treetime >=0.7.4, ==0.7.*",
         "snakemake >=5.4.0, <5.11"
     ],