diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 61eee5038..dce58253d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ python-dateutil     # date type
 importlib_metadata>=3.6 # plugin groups backported for python <3.8
 
 # optional dependencies
-pandas>=1.0.5       # dta (Stata)
+pandas>=1.5.3       # dta (Stata)
 requests            # http
 lxml                # html/xml
 openpyxl>= 2.4      # xlsx