diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8f9453493c..a8ae57d4ee 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ dependencies = [
     # numpy needs a version due to #1320
     "numpy>=1.17.0",
     "matplotlib>=3.6",
-    # pandas 2.1.2 has pandas/issues/52927
-    "pandas >=1.1.1, !=2.1.2",
+    "pandas >=2.1.3",
     "scipy>=1.4",
     "seaborn>=0.13.0",
     "h5py>=3",