diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/python-testing.yml
index 55ba30c..d829dea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-testing.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
           - "3.10"
         lib-pydantic:
           - "1.10.0"
+          - "2.6.4"
         deps:
           - dev,docs
     steps:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 347489a..00f4dbd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ This example works for "pure", JSON-safe Pydantic models via
 
 ```python
 from pydantic import BaseModel
+# from pydantic.v1 import BaseModel  # Pydantic V2
 from pydantic_kedro import PydanticJsonDataset
 
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ Pydantic models:
 ```python
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic.v1 import BaseModel
 from pydantic_kedro import load_model, save_model
 
 class MyModel(BaseModel):
diff --git a/docs/arbitrary_types.md b/docs/arbitrary_types.md
index 490e6b8..4dc7e78 100644
--- a/docs/arbitrary_types.md
+++ b/docs/arbitrary_types.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ You can't save/load these via JSON, but you can use the other dataset types:
 ```python
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 from pydantic import BaseModel
+# from pydantic.v1 import BaseModel  # Pydantic V2
 from pydantic_kedro import PydanticZipDataset
 
 
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ Here's a example for [pandas](https://pandas.pydata.org/) and Pydantic V1:
 import pandas as pd
 from kedro_datasets.pandas import ParquetDataset
 from pydantic import validator
+# from pydantic.v1 import validator  # Pydantic V2
 from pydantic_kedro import ArbModel, PydanticZipDataset
 
 
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 6eec336..3be5ff8 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Then use it as usual within your Kedro pipelines:
 
 ```python
 from pydantic import BaseModel
+# from pydantic.v1 import BaseModel  # Pydantic V2 
 from kedro.pipeline import node
 
 class SomeModel(BaseModel):
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ to save your model to any `fsspec`-supported location:
 
 ```python
 from pydantic import BaseModel
+# from pydantic.v1 import BaseModel  # Pydantic V2
 from pydantic_kedro import PydanticJsonDataset
 
 
diff --git a/docs/standalone_usage.md b/docs/standalone_usage.md
index cf241ec..395b479 100644
--- a/docs/standalone_usage.md
+++ b/docs/standalone_usage.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ You can use `pydantic-kedro` to save and load your Pydantic models without invok
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
+# from pydantic.v1 import BaseModel  # Pydantic V2
 from pydantic_kedro import load_model, save_model
 
 class MyModel(BaseModel):
diff --git a/env-v1.yml b/env-v1.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..279d918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/env-v1.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# This is an example Conda environment, for local development
+name: pyd-kedro-v1
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+dependencies:
+  - python=3.9 # minimum targeted version is currently 3.9
+  - pip
+  - pip:
+      - pydantic<2
+      - -e ".[dev,docs]"
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index f788968..abb9ac6 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ dependencies:
   - python=3.9 # minimum targeted version is currently 3.9
   - pip
   - pip:
+      - pydantic>2,<3
       - -e ".[dev,docs]"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6e3872c..f2eee23 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ classifiers = [
     "Typing :: Typed",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "pydantic>=1.10.0,<2",   # TODO
-    "pydantic-yaml>=1.1.2",
+    "pydantic>=1.10.0,<3",   # WIP
+    "pydantic-yaml>=1.3.0",
     "ruamel-yaml<0.18",      # Current limitation
     "kedro>=0.19.3,<0.20",
     "kedro-datasets>=2.1.0",
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ version = { attr = "pydantic_kedro.version.__version__" }
 [tool.ruff]
 line-length = 105
 src = ["src"]
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
 select = [
     "E", # pycodestyle
     "F", # pyflakes
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ select = [
 ]
 ignore = ["D203", "D213"] # conflicting
 
-[tool.ruff.pydocstyle]
+[tool.ruff.lint.pydocstyle]
 convention = "numpy"
 
 
@@ -122,3 +124,7 @@ module = [
     "kedro_datasets.*",
 ]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
+
+[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
+module = ["pydantic.v1"]
+ignore_missing_imports = true
diff --git a/src/pydantic_kedro/_dict_io.py b/src/pydantic_kedro/_dict_io.py
index f8d19f1..c772a3e 100644
--- a/src/pydantic_kedro/_dict_io.py
+++ b/src/pydantic_kedro/_dict_io.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from types import TracebackType
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Type, Union
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic_kedro._pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from ._internals import import_string
 
diff --git a/src/pydantic_kedro/_internals.py b/src/pydantic_kedro/_internals.py
index 238da52..f234d43 100644
--- a/src/pydantic_kedro/_internals.py
+++ b/src/pydantic_kedro/_internals.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Type
 
-from kedro_datasets.pickle.pickle_dataset import PickleDataset
 from kedro.io.core import AbstractDataset
-from pydantic import BaseModel, create_model
+from kedro_datasets.pickle.pickle_dataset import PickleDataset
+
+from ._pydantic import BaseModel, create_model
 
 KLS_MARK_STR = "class"
 
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ def get_kedro_default(kls: Type[BaseModel]) -> Callable[[str], AbstractDataset]:
 def create_expanded_model(model: BaseModel) -> BaseModel:
     """Create an 'expanded' model with additional metadata."""
     pyd_kls = type(model)
-    if KLS_MARK_STR in pyd_kls.__fields__.keys():
+    if KLS_MARK_STR in pyd_kls.__fields__.keys():  # type: ignore
         raise ValueError(f"Marker {KLS_MARK_STR!r} already exists as a field; can't dump model.")
     pyd_kls_path = f"{pyd_kls.__module__}.{pyd_kls.__qualname__}"
 
diff --git a/src/pydantic_kedro/_pydantic.py b/src/pydantic_kedro/_pydantic.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..550ae15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pydantic_kedro/_pydantic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+"""Pydantic import, depending on the version."""
+
+# mypy: ignore_errors
+
+__all__ = [
+    "BaseConfig",
+    "BaseModel",
+    "BaseSettings",
+    "Extra",
+    "Field",
+    "create_model",
+]
+
+import pydantic
+
+PYDANTIC_VERSION = pydantic.version.VERSION
+
+if PYDANTIC_VERSION > "2" and PYDANTIC_VERSION < "3":
+    from pydantic.v1 import BaseConfig, BaseModel, BaseSettings, Extra, Field, create_model
+elif PYDANTIC_VERSION < "2":
+    from pydantic import BaseConfig, BaseModel, BaseSettings, Extra, Field, create_model  # noqa
+else:
+    raise ImportError("Unknown version of Pydantic.")
diff --git a/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/auto.py b/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/auto.py
index 59891de..3830179 100644
--- a/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/auto.py
+++ b/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/auto.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 import fsspec
 from fsspec import AbstractFileSystem
 from kedro.io.core import AbstractDataset, get_protocol_and_path
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+from pydantic_kedro._pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from .folder import PydanticFolderDataset
 from .json import PydanticJsonDataset
diff --git a/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/folder.py b/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/folder.py
index cd2e936..f7616f5 100644
--- a/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/folder.py
+++ b/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/folder.py
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 from fsspec.core import strip_protocol
 from fsspec.implementations.local import LocalFileSystem
 from kedro.io.core import AbstractDataset, parse_dataset_definition
-from pydantic import BaseConfig, BaseModel, Extra, Field
 
 from pydantic_kedro._dict_io import PatchPydanticIter, dict_to_model
 from pydantic_kedro._internals import get_kedro_default, get_kedro_map, import_string
 from pydantic_kedro._local_caching import get_cache_dir
+from pydantic_kedro._pydantic import BaseConfig, BaseModel, Extra, Field
 
 __all__ = ["PydanticFolderDataset"]
 
diff --git a/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/json.py b/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/json.py
index dc66cad..35757df 100644
--- a/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/json.py
+++ b/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/json.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 import fsspec
 from fsspec import AbstractFileSystem
 from kedro.io.core import AbstractDataset, get_filepath_str, get_protocol_and_path
-from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from pydantic_kedro._dict_io import PatchPydanticIter, dict_to_model
+from pydantic_kedro._pydantic import BaseModel
 
 
 class PydanticJsonDataset(AbstractDataset[BaseModel, BaseModel]):
diff --git a/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/yaml.py b/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/yaml.py
index e668f7c..0bbc457 100644
--- a/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/yaml.py
+++ b/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/yaml.py
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 import ruamel.yaml as yaml
 from fsspec import AbstractFileSystem
 from kedro.io.core import AbstractDataset, get_filepath_str, get_protocol_and_path
-from pydantic import BaseModel
 from pydantic_yaml import to_yaml_file
 
 from pydantic_kedro._dict_io import PatchPydanticIter, dict_to_model
+from pydantic_kedro._pydantic import BaseModel
 
 
 class PydanticYamlDataset(AbstractDataset[BaseModel, BaseModel]):
diff --git a/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/zip.py b/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/zip.py
index e41ad39..5385c16 100644
--- a/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/zip.py
+++ b/src/pydantic_kedro/datasets/zip.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 import fsspec
 from fsspec.implementations.zip import ZipFileSystem
 from kedro.io.core import AbstractDataset
-from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from pydantic_kedro._local_caching import get_cache_dir
+from pydantic_kedro._pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from .folder import PydanticFolderDataset
 
diff --git a/src/pydantic_kedro/models.py b/src/pydantic_kedro/models.py
index abed4a0..0c5ba94 100644
--- a/src/pydantic_kedro/models.py
+++ b/src/pydantic_kedro/models.py
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 from typing import Callable, Dict, Type
 
-from kedro_datasets.pickle.pickle_dataset import PickleDataset
 from kedro.io import AbstractDataset
-from pydantic import BaseConfig, BaseModel
+from kedro_datasets.pickle.pickle_dataset import PickleDataset
+
+from pydantic_kedro._pydantic import BaseConfig, BaseModel
 
 
 def _kedro_default(x: str) -> PickleDataset:
diff --git a/src/pydantic_kedro/utils.py b/src/pydantic_kedro/utils.py
index 3c61c3d..048f8a2 100644
--- a/src/pydantic_kedro/utils.py
+++ b/src/pydantic_kedro/utils.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 from typing import Literal, Type, TypeVar
 
 from kedro.io.core import AbstractDataset
-from pydantic import BaseModel
 
+from pydantic_kedro._pydantic import BaseModel
 from pydantic_kedro.datasets.auto import PydanticAutoDataset
 from pydantic_kedro.datasets.folder import PydanticFolderDataset
 from pydantic_kedro.datasets.json import PydanticJsonDataset
diff --git a/src/test/catalogs/test_basic_catalog.py b/src/test/catalogs/test_basic_catalog.py
index c034f05..e516088 100644
--- a/src/test/catalogs/test_basic_catalog.py
+++ b/src/test/catalogs/test_basic_catalog.py
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 
 from kedro.config import OmegaConfigLoader
 from kedro.io import DataCatalog
-from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from pydantic_kedro import PydanticJsonDataset
+from pydantic_kedro._pydantic import BaseModel
 
 local_dir = Path(__file__).parent
 
diff --git a/src/test/test_auto.py b/src/test/test_auto.py
index 8068dc9..f3d5d7a 100644
--- a/src/test/test_auto.py
+++ b/src/test/test_auto.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 """Specialized tests for `PydanticAutoDataset`."""
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel
-
+from pydantic_kedro._pydantic import BaseModel
 from pydantic_kedro import PydanticAutoDataset, PydanticJsonDataset, PydanticZipDataset
 
 
diff --git a/src/test/test_ds_simple.py b/src/test/test_ds_simple.py
index d6bdea2..a2f0eca 100644
--- a/src/test/test_ds_simple.py
+++ b/src/test/test_ds_simple.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 from kedro.io.core import AbstractDataset
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic_kedro._pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from pydantic_kedro import (
     PydanticAutoDataset,
diff --git a/src/test/test_inheritance.py b/src/test/test_inheritance.py
index 8cc290a..825b5e4 100644
--- a/src/test/test_inheritance.py
+++ b/src/test/test_inheritance.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
 from kedro_datasets.pandas.csv_dataset import CSVDataset
 from kedro_datasets.pandas.parquet_dataset import ParquetDataset
 from kedro_datasets.pickle.pickle_dataset import PickleDataset
-from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from pydantic_kedro import PydanticFolderDataset
+from pydantic_kedro._pydantic import BaseModel
 
 dfx = pd.DataFrame([[1, 2, 3]], columns=["a", "b", "c"])
 
diff --git a/src/test/test_nested_subtypes.py b/src/test/test_nested_subtypes.py
index 2be2f8e..66937a2 100644
--- a/src/test/test_nested_subtypes.py
+++ b/src/test/test_nested_subtypes.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 from typing import Dict, List, Literal
 
 import pytest
-from pydantic import BaseModel
 
+from pydantic_kedro._pydantic import BaseModel
 from pydantic_kedro import load_model, save_model
 
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def test_nested_subclass(
     """Test round-trip of objects with a nested subclass."""
     # Initial round-trip (should always work)
     save_model(obj, f"{tmpdir}/obj", format=format)
-    obj2 = load_model(f"{tmpdir}/obj", AbstractBaz)
+    obj2 = load_model(f"{tmpdir}/obj", AbstractBaz)  # type: ignore[type-abstract]
     assert obj.foo == obj2.foo
     assert obj.get_baz() == obj2.get_baz()
     # Nested round-trip (should also always work, but is more diffictult)
diff --git a/src/test/test_strict.py b/src/test/test_strict.py
index 56acc61..46dc6c9 100644
--- a/src/test/test_strict.py
+++ b/src/test/test_strict.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 """Test strict models and BaseSettings subclasses."""
 
 import pytest
-from pydantic import BaseModel, BaseSettings
 from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 from pydantic_kedro import load_model, save_model
+from pydantic_kedro._pydantic import BaseModel, BaseSettings
 
 
 class ExSettings(BaseSettings):
diff --git a/src/test/test_utils.py b/src/test/test_utils.py
index 5fc60eb..248203b 100644
--- a/src/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/src/test/test_utils.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 """Test utility functions, loading and saving models."""
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from typing import Any
 
 from pydantic_kedro import load_model, save_model
+from pydantic_kedro._pydantic import BaseModel
 
 
 class MyModel(BaseModel):
@@ -16,6 +17,6 @@ def test_utils_load_save(tmpdir: str):
     # using memory to avoid tempfile
     save_model(MyModel(x="example"), f"{tmpdir}/model")
 
-    obj = load_model(f"{tmpdir}/model")
+    obj: Any = load_model(f"{tmpdir}/model")
     assert isinstance(obj, MyModel)
     assert obj.x == "example"