diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 05e0fe6..088056d 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 pdfplumber>=0.11.9  # PDF parsing (updated 2026-03-02)
 pypdf>=6.10.2  # PDF utilities - security patches (updated 2026-03-02)
-pandas>=2.2.0  # Data processing
+pandas>=3.0.2  # Data processing
 python-dotenv>=1.2.2  # Environment configuration
 tabulate>=0.10.0  # Table formatting
 cryptography>=47.0.0  # Cryptographic operations - security patches (updated 2026-04-29)