diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 656b17c71..33c860477 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
             "hcrystalball==0.1.10",
             "pytorch-forecasting>=0.9.0",
         ],
-        "benchmark": ["catboost>=0.26", "psutil==5.8.0", "xgboost==1.3.3"],
+        "benchmark": ["catboost>=0.26", "psutil==5.8.0", "xgboost==1.3.3", "pandas==1.1.4"],
         "openai": ["openai==0.27.4", "diskcache"],
         "autogen": ["openai==0.27.4", "diskcache", "docker"],
         "synapse": [