diff --git a/etl/steps/data/garden/who/2024-07-30/ghe.py b/etl/steps/data/garden/who/2024-07-30/ghe.py
index 2934a61b406..43bb9e89d53 100644
--- a/etl/steps/data/garden/who/2024-07-30/ghe.py
+++ b/etl/steps/data/garden/who/2024-07-30/ghe.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 def run(dest_dir: str) -> None:
     # read dataset from meadow
     ds_meadow = paths.load_dataset()
-    tb = ds_meadow.read("ghe")
+    tb = ds_meadow.read("ghe", safe_types=False)
     tb = tb.drop(columns="flag_level")
 
     tb = rename_table_for_compatibility(tb)
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def run(dest_dir: str) -> None:
 
 def rename_table_for_compatibility(tb: Table) -> Table:
     """Rename columns and labels to be compatible with the previous version of the dataset."""
-    tb.age_group = tb.age_group.map(AGE_GROUPS_MAP)
+    tb.age_group = dataframes.map_series(tb.age_group, AGE_GROUPS_MAP)
     tb = tb.rename(
         columns={
             "val_dths_count_numeric": "death_count",
diff --git a/lib/datautils/uv.lock b/lib/datautils/uv.lock
index 08812693d0d..944630885df 100644
--- a/lib/datautils/uv.lock
+++ b/lib/datautils/uv.lock
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ name = "importlib-metadata"
 version = "8.5.0"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
-    { name = "zipp", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
+    { name = "zipp", marker = "python_full_version < '3.10'" },
 ]
 sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cd/12/33e59336dca5be0c398a7482335911a33aa0e20776128f038019f1a95f1b/importlib_metadata-8.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:71522656f0abace1d072b9e5481a48f07c138e00f079c38c8f883823f9c26bd7", size = 55304 }
 wheels = [
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "colorama", specifier = ">=0.4.4" },
     { name = "gdown", specifier = ">=4.5.2" },
     { name = "gsheets", specifier = ">=0.6.1" },
-    { name = "pandas", specifier = "==2.2.1" },
+    { name = "pandas", specifier = ">=2.2.1" },
     { name = "pyarrow", specifier = ">=10.0.1" },
     { name = "pydrive2", specifier = ">=1.15.0" },
     { name = "structlog", specifier = ">=21.5.0" },