diff --git a/datacube/api/core.py b/datacube/api/core.py
index 002ae690b..8622c3fb4 100644
--- a/datacube/api/core.py
+++ b/datacube/api/core.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ def _list_measurements(self):
     def load(self, product=None, measurements=None, output_crs=None, resolution=None, resampling=None,
              skip_broken_datasets=False, dask_chunks=None, like=None, fuse_func=None, align=None,
              datasets=None, dataset_predicate=None, progress_cbk=None, patch_url=None, **query):
-        """
+        r"""
         Load data as an ``xarray.Dataset`` object.
         Each measurement will be a data variable in the :class:`xarray.Dataset`.
 
diff --git a/docker/constraints.in b/docker/constraints.in
index 95758d9d1..b25b22227 100644
--- a/docker/constraints.in
+++ b/docker/constraints.in
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ matplotlib
 moto
 netcdf4>=1.5.8
 numpy>=1.22.2
+pandas>=2.0
 psycopg2
 pycodestyle
 pylint
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ sphinx_autodoc_typehints
 sphinx_rtd_theme
 sqlalchemy<2.0
 toolz
-xarray>=2023.9.0
+xarray>=0.9
 
 # Previous pins were to very old versions
 # pytest Py3.10 requires >6.2.5
diff --git a/docker/constraints.txt b/docker/constraints.txt
index 1750eab67..39f1261d0 100644
--- a/docker/constraints.txt
+++ b/docker/constraints.txt
@@ -228,8 +228,10 @@ packaging==23.0
     #   setuptools-scm
     #   sphinx
     #   xarray
-pandas==2.1.1
-    # via xarray
+pandas==2.1.4
+    # via
+    #   -r constraints.in
+    #   xarray
 partd==1.3.0
     # via dask
 pendulum==2.1.2
@@ -411,6 +413,8 @@ typing-extensions==4.4.0
     # via
     #   pygeoif
     #   setuptools-scm
+tzdata==2023.4
+    # via pandas
 urllib3==1.26.14
     # via
     #   botocore