diff --git a/requirements/requirements_loose.txt b/requirements/requirements_loose.txt
index f17f7437..59c2de81 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_loose.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_loose.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ pywin32; sys_platform=='win32'
 pythonnet; sys_platform=='win32'
 
 click
-pandas
+pandas<3 # test: tolerate_version
 numpy<2  # test: tolerate_version
 torch
 tqdm