diff --git a/etc/requirements_sci.txt b/etc/requirements_sci.txt
index c7f5fcfd..125d52ce 100644
--- a/etc/requirements_sci.txt
+++ b/etc/requirements_sci.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ python-dateutil==1.5
 
 # Core scientific python
 numpy>=1.6.1
-pandas==0.8.0
+-U git+git://github.com/pydata/pandas.git@v0.9.0rc2
 scipy>=0.10.0
 
 #matplotlib==1.1.0