diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index 3b5de6041..5350c1b79 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ netCDF4 = "*"
 numpy = "*"
 pandas = "*"
 pandas-stubs = "*"
-pandera = "*"
+pandera = ">=0.18"
 pip = "*"
 pyarrow = "*"
 pydantic = ">=2"
diff --git a/python/ribasim/pyproject.toml b/python/ribasim/pyproject.toml
index 8508bf7ab..60dcd1493 100644
--- a/python/ribasim/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/ribasim/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "matplotlib",
     "numpy",
     "pandas",
-    "pandera != 0.16.0",
+    "pandera >= 0.18",
     "pyarrow",
     "pydantic ~= 2.0",
     "pyogrio",