diff --git a/.ci_support/environment.yml b/.ci_support/environment.yml
index e18e84f..828bd12 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dependencies:
   - coveralls
   - coverage
   - codacy-coverage
-  - pandas >=0.24.2
+  - pandas >=1.2.1
   - pyyaml >=5.4.1
   - jinja2 >=2.11.2
   - paramiko >=2.4.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a64e455..b6f5fb7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["*tests*"]),
     install_requires=['defusedxml==0.5.0',
                       'jinja2==2.11.2',
-                      'pandas==0.24.2',
+                      'pandas==1.2.1',
                       'paramiko==2.4.2',
                       'pyyaml==5.4.1',
                       'tqdm==4.35.0'],