diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a9baefde..049f8003 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ matplotlib
 nltk
 numpy>=1.17,<1.21
 pydub
-pandas>=1.1.0,<=1.5.0
+pandas>=1.1.0,<=1.5.3
 panoptes_client
 praat-parselmouth
 pyannote.metrics; python_version >= "3.7.0"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d8b86f80..a84500e7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 README = open(os.path.join(DIRECTORY, "README.md")).read()
 
 requires = {
-    "core": ["pandas>=1.1.0,<=1.5.0", "jinja2", "numpy>=1.16.5", "datalad", "colorlog",],
+    "core": ["pandas>=1.1.0,<=1.5.3", "jinja2", "numpy>=1.16.5", "datalad", "colorlog",],
     "annotations": ["lxml", "pympi-ling", "pylangacq", "python-dateutil>=2.8.1"],
     "metrics": ['pyannote.metrics; python_version >= "3.7.0"', "nltk", "scikit-learn", "GitPython"],
     "audio": ["librosa", "pydub", "soundfile"],