diff --git a/changelog_entry.yaml b/changelog_entry.yaml
index e69de29bb..6e953ed0d 100644
--- a/changelog_entry.yaml
+++ b/changelog_entry.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- bump: patch
+  changes:
+    changed:
+      - Bumped policyengine-core to 3.23.6 and microdf to 1.2.1 for pandas 3.0 compatibility
diff --git a/policyengine_canada/model_api.py b/policyengine_canada/model_api.py
index c96a4753e..23020fa75 100644
--- a/policyengine_canada/model_api.py
+++ b/policyengine_canada/model_api.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 )
 from policyengine_canada.tools.general import *
 
-
 CAD = "currency-CAD"
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9398ca8b7..ad6eeb1fa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 
 # Core requirements with refined version constraints
 general_requirements = [
-    "policyengine_core>=3.23.0",
+    "policyengine_core>=3.23.6",
     "black[jupyter]",
     "coverage<7",
     "dpath<3",
     "h5py>=3,<4",
     "linecheck<1",
-    "microdf_python>=1.0.0",
+    "microdf_python>=1.2.1",
     "nptyping<2",
     "numexpr<3",
     "pandas>=2.2.0",