diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bb20775..f04636d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ orjson
 datetime
 #numpy=1.26.4
 xarray
-pandas==2.2.0
+pandas~=2.2.0
 covjson-pydantic
-conflator
\ No newline at end of file
+conflator