diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1511649845..94551e2ba3 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
         'networkx>=3.2,<3.3',
         'Flask>=1.0.2',
         'flask_sqlalchemy',
-        'pandas<2.2',
+
+        # pandas uses "loose semantic versioning"
+        # https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/development/policies.html#version-policy
+        'pandas<3,>=2.2',
+
         'plotly',
         'python-daemon'
     ],