diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3d4974c4..5c83d29d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.10"
       - name: Install build and test dependencies
         run: |
-          pip install -i https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple numpy
-          python -m pip install -U pip build pytest unyt wheel meson ninja meson-python patchelf pandas
+          pip install -i https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple numpy pandas
+          python -m pip install -U pip build pytest unyt wheel meson ninja meson-python patchelf
       - name: Install asciidtype
         working-directory: asciidtype
         run: |