diff --git a/.ci_support/environment.yml b/.ci_support/environment.yml
index 0a0f1e8a..3c00cc9f 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dependencies:
   - coveralls
   - coverage
   - codacy-coverage
-  - pandas =2.0.3
+  - pandas =2.1.0
   - pyyaml =6.0.1
   - jinja2 =3.1.2
   - paramiko =3.3.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittest.yml b/.github/workflows/unittest.yml
index ee865e92..22e04c6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittest.yml
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ jobs:
             label: linux-64-py-3-9
             prefix: /usr/share/miniconda3/envs/my-env
 
-          - operating-system: ubuntu-latest
-            python-version: 3.8
-            label: linux-64-py-3-8
-            prefix: /usr/share/miniconda3/envs/my-env
-
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Setup environment
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 64a9264a..368ccf3a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
     keywords='pysqa',
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["*tests*"]),
-    install_requires=['jinja2==3.1.2', 'pandas==2.0.3', 'pyyaml==6.0.1'],
+    install_requires=['jinja2==3.1.2', 'pandas==2.1.0', 'pyyaml==6.0.1'],
     extras_require={
         "sge": ['defusedxml==0.7.1'],
         "remote": ['paramiko==3.3.1', 'tqdm==4.66.1'],