diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 165bcb8d8f..bbb30a6911 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ updates:
       # Needs Python 3.12 and numpy 2
       - dependency-name: "librosa"
         versions: [">=1.0"]
+      # pandas 3.1 requires numpy 2
+      - dependency-name: "pandas"
+        versions: [">=3.1"]
       # Needs Python 3.12
       - dependency-name: "scipy"
         versions: [">=1.18"]