diff --git a/bnlearn/__init__.py b/bnlearn/__init__.py
index d163ae7..02f563c 100644
--- a/bnlearn/__init__.py
+++ b/bnlearn/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 __author__ = 'Erdogan Tasksen'
 __email__ = 'erdogant@gmail.com'
-__version__ = '0.8.7'
+__version__ = '0.8.8'
 
 import pgmpy
 # Check version pgmpy
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
 if version.parse(np.__version__) < version.parse("1.24.1"):
     raise ImportError('[bnlearn] >Error: numpy version should be > 1.24.1\nTry to: pip install -U numpy')
 
-import pandas as pd
-if version.parse(pd.__version__) > version.parse("1.5.3"):
-    raise ImportError('[bnlearn] >Error: pands version should be <= 1.5.3')
+# import pandas as pd
+# if version.parse(pd.__version__) > version.parse("1.5.3"):
+#     raise ImportError('[bnlearn] >Error: pands version should be <= 1.5.3')
 
 # This one is moved towards the interactive plot function because it is not required in the setup.
 # import d3blocks as d3
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 1257450..91d7b5f 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 sphinx_rtd_theme
 rst2pdf
-spyder-kernels==2.2.*
+# spyder-kernels==2.2.*
 sphinx
 pytest
 #git://github.com/SuperKogito/sphinxcontrib-pdfembed
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2cfea43..972ab27 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ pgmpy>='0.1.18'
 networkx>='2.7.1'
 matplotlib>='3.3.4'
 numpy>='1.24.1'
-pandas==1.5.3
+#pandas==1.5.3
+pandas
 #d3blocks>='1.4.9'
 tqdm
 ismember
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d5f8a96..5e8d20e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
                        "networkx>=2.7.1",
                        "matplotlib>=3.3.4",
                        "numpy>=1.24.1",
-                       'pandas==1.5.3',
+                       'pandas',
                        'tqdm',
                        'ismember',
                        'scikit-learn',