diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 73aabf344..2c6597703 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 \*Allotrope® is a registered trademark of the Allotrope Foundation; no affiliation with the Allotrope Foundation is claimed or implied.
 
-# Introduction
+# Test Introduction
 Welcome to `allotropy` -- a Python library by Benchling for converting instrument data into the Allotrope Simple Model (ASM).
 
 View the list of instrument software currently supported in [SUPPORTED_INSTRUMENT_SOFTWARE](https://github.com/Benchling-Open-Source/allotropy/blob/main/SUPPORTED_INSTRUMENT_SOFTWARE.adoc).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a9f33990b..75f33ac50 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "numpy >= 1.25.0",
   "olefile >= 0.47",
   "openpyxl >= 3.1.0",
-  "pandas >= 2.2.0",
+  "pandas >= 2.2.0, < 3.0.0",
   "python-calamine >= 0.2.3",
   "rainbow-api == 1.0.10",
   "rfc3339-validator >= 0.1.4",