diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e5b06e5..c880643 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 numpy>=1.20.1
-pandas>=1.3.0
+pandas>=1.3.0,<2.0
 scikit-learn>=0.20
 scipy>=1.4.1
 matplotlib>=3.4.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1681847..85516d1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@
     ],
     install_requires=[
         "numpy>=1.20.1",
-        "pandas>=1.3.0",
+        "pandas>=1.3.0,<2.0",
         "scikit-learn>=1.0.2",
         "scipy",
         "matplotlib",
         "nltk",
-        "nexusforge@git+https://github.com/BlueBrain/nexus-forge@master",
+        "nexusforge@git+https://github.com/BlueBrain/nexus-forge",
         "nexus-sdk",
         "networkx==2.6.3",  # needed to fix networkx, because the new versions are not 
                             # consistent with the requirements of graph-tools on scipy