diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fdf0b545..1cb6d921 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
     - cron: '30 2 * * 1' # Every Monday @ 2h30am UTC
 
 env:
-  POETRY_VERSION: 1.2.1
+  POETRY_VERSION: 1.6.1
   MINIO_SERVER_DOWNLOAD_URL: https://dl.min.io/server/minio/release/linux-amd64/archive/minio_20230907020502.0.0_amd64.deb
   MINIO_CLIENT_DOWNLOAD_URL: https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/archive/mcli_20230907224855.0.0_amd64.deb
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
     steps:
       - name: Create Cache Hash
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
 
+      - name: Setup a virtual environment appropriate to the python version
+        run: poetry env use python${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
       - name: Install dask-ms base
         run: poetry install --extras "testing arrow zarr"
 
diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 9661380c..dcf7497e 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ History
 X.Y.Z (YYYY-MM-DD)
 ------------------
 * Lazily load casacore tables module (:pr:`294`)
+* Deprecate Python 3.8 support (:pr:`296`)
+* Temporarily add Pandas as an arrow extra dependency (:pr:`296`)
 
 0.2.18 (2023-09-20)
 ------------------
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ca0cf8cc..1f26d4c4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ readme = "README.rst"
 packages = [{include = "daskms"}]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.8"
+python = "^3.9, < 3.13"
 arcae = {version = "^0.2.1", optional = true}
 appdirs = "^1.4.4"
 dask = {extras = ["array"], version = "^2023.1.0"}
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ xarray = {version = "^2023.01.0", optional=true}
 s3fs = {version = "^2023.1.0", optional=true}
 minio = {version = "^7.1.11", optional=true}
 pytest = {version = "^7.1.3", optional=true}
+pandas = {version = "^2.1.2", optional = true}
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 dask-ms = "daskms.apps.entrypoint:main"
@@ -27,11 +28,11 @@ fragments = "daskms.apps.fragments:main"
 
 [tool.poetry.extras]
 v030 = ["arcae", "xarray"]
-arrow = ["pyarrow"]
+arrow = ["pandas", "pyarrow"]
 xarray = ["xarray"]
 zarr = ["zarr"]
 s3 = ["s3fs"]
-complete = ["s3fs", "pyarrow", "xarray", "zarr"]
+complete = ["s3fs", "pandas", "pyarrow", "xarray", "zarr"]
 testing = ["minio", "pytest"]
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]