diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2a20a92..61d51dc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies = []
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = ["pytest>=8.0", "pytest-cov>=4.0", "ipykernel>=6.0", "jupyter>=1.0"]
-science = ["numpy>=2.0", "scipy>=1.14", "pandas>=2.2", "matplotlib>=3.9"]
+science = ["numpy>=2.0", "scipy>=1.14", "pandas>=3.0.2", "matplotlib>=3.9"]
 all = ["devcontainer_smoke_test[dev,science]"]
 
 [build-system]