diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 795e88a..db9f51e 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Calendar Versioning](https://calver.org/).
 The versioning pattern is `YYYY.MM.DD.micro(a/b/{none if release})
 
 ---
+## [2026.04.24.0]
+
+### Updated
+
+- increased the maximum version allowed for pandas and ipykernel to make use of the next available major version
+
 ## [2026.04.10.0]
 
 ### Updated
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9c05c08..331c8f4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "cfa.dataops"
-version = "2026.04.10.0"
+version = "2026.04.24.0"
 description = "Data cataloging, ETL, modeling, verification, and validation for CFA"
 authors = [
     { name = "Phil Rogers", email = "ap66@cdc.gov" },
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyarrow (>=19.0.1,<24.0.0)",
     "fastparquet (>=2025.12.0,<2026.0.0)",
     "matplotlib (~=3.9,<3.11.0)",
-    "pandas (>=2.2.3,<2.4.0)",
+    "pandas (>=2.2.3,<4.0.0)",
     "polars (>=1.26.0,<1.40.0)",
     "altair (>=5.5.0,<6.1.0)",
     "vl-convert-python (>=1.7.0,<1.10.0)",
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "papermill (>=2.6.0,<2.8.0)",
     "ipywidgets (>=8.1.7,<8.1.9)",
     "itables (>=2.4.4,<2.8.0)",
-    "ipykernel (>=6.30.0,<6.32.0)",
+    "ipykernel (>=6.30.0,<8.0.0)",
     "nbconvert (>=7.16.6,<7.18.0)",
     "jupyter (>=1.1.1,<1.2.0)",
     "jupyterlab (>=4.4.5,<4.6.0)",