diff --git a/.github/workflows/python.yml b/.github/workflows/python.yml
index 8f26af19..1465875d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: 3.${{ matrix.python-minor-version }}
     - name: Install lancedb
       run: |
-        pip install -e .
+        pip install -e .[tests]
         pip install tantivy@git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy-py#164adc87e1a033117001cf70e38c82a53014d985
         pip install pytest pytest-mock black isort
     - name: Black
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: "3.11"
     - name: Install lancedb
       run: |
-        pip install -e .
+        pip install -e .[tests]
         pip install tantivy@git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy-py#164adc87e1a033117001cf70e38c82a53014d985
         pip install pytest pytest-mock black
     - name: Black
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 88f15f9f..8f5f7654 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "lancedb"
 version = "0.1.15"
-dependencies = ["pylance~=0.5.8", "ratelimiter", "retry", "tqdm", "aiohttp", "pydantic", "attr", "semver"]
+dependencies = ["pylance==0.5.10", "ratelimiter", "retry", "tqdm", "aiohttp", "pydantic", "attr", "semver"]
 description = "lancedb"
 authors = [
     { name = "LanceDB Devs", email = "dev@lancedb.com" },
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 tests = [
-    "pytest", "pytest-mock", "pytest-asyncio"
+    "pandas>=1.4", "pytest", "pytest-mock", "pytest-asyncio"
 ]
 dev = [
     "ruff", "pre-commit", "black"