diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index bc2eb44e2ad2ee28201e83090473ae70e3f1ed9c..237a5bcdc000429c59afec953da4f7c6b6b95967 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ install_requires =
     h5py>=2.9.0
     mypy-extensions>=0.4.3
     numpy>=1.16.4
-    pandas>=1.2.2
+    pandas>=1.1.5
     typing>=3.6.4;python_version<'3.7'
 platforms = any
 setup_requires =