diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mlflow/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mlflow/default.nix
index 45725a423f68..8f204d225b39 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mlflow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mlflow/default.nix
@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
     patch -p1 -d "$out/lib/python"*/site-packages < ${./subprocess-pythonpath.patch}
   '';
 
+  # 3.14.0 dependency check fails with pandas >= 3.0. But the code changes required are minimal
+  # (strings are now `str` instead of `numpy.object`.)
   pythonRelaxDeps = [
     "cryptography"
+    "pandas"
   ];
 
   dependencies = [