diff --git a/.ci_support/environment.yml b/.ci_support/environment.yml
index 8b09a45a..f3683c79 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ dependencies:
   - coveralls
   - coverage
   - codacy-coverage
-  - pandas =1.3.5
+  - pandas =1.4.0
   - pyyaml =6.0
   - jinja2 =3.0.3
   - paramiko =2.9.2
   - tqdm =4.62.3
+  - openssl <2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2c4cbf35..ac5b655c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["*tests*"]),
     install_requires=['defusedxml==0.7.1',
                       'jinja2==3.0.3',
-                      'pandas==1.3.5',
+                      'pandas==1.4.0',
                       'paramiko==2.9.2',
                       'pyyaml==6.0',
                       'tqdm==4.62.3'],