diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f43b0ed8f..cfc05a9c6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         "numpy >=1, <3",
         "packaging >=19.2",
         # Sync this with 'pandas-stubs' dev dependency
-        "pandas >=1.4.0, <3",
+        "pandas >=1.4.0, <4",
         "phylo-treetime >=0.11.2, <0.12",
         "pyfastx >=1.0.0, <3.0",
         "python_calamine >=0.2.0",
diff --git a/tests/functional/filter/cram/filter-query-numerical.t b/tests/functional/filter/cram/filter-query-numerical.t
index 875c04802..dec1aac9e 100644
--- a/tests/functional/filter/cram/filter-query-numerical.t
+++ b/tests/functional/filter/cram/filter-query-numerical.t
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ string comparisons:
   >  --query "coverage.str.endswith('.95')" \
   >  --output-strains filtered_strains.txt > /dev/null
   ERROR: Internal Pandas error when applying query:
-  	Can only use .str accessor with string values!
+  \\tCan only use .str accessor with string values.* (re)
   Ensure the syntax is valid per <https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/user_guide/indexing.html#indexing-query>.
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