diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9e778e69..2bd166d1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
     "numpy>=2.0",
     "scipy>=1.13",
-    "pandas>=2.2",
+    "pandas>=2.2,<3.0",
     "xarray>=2024.6,<=2024.11",
     "bottleneck>=1.4",
     "coloredlogs",