diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_tests_legacy.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci_tests_legacy.yaml
index b5fa4860af5..716380f0db2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_tests_legacy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_tests_legacy.yaml
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ jobs:
             gmt=${{ matrix.gmt_version }}
             ghostscript<10
             numpy=1.26
-            pandas
-            xarray
+            pandas=2.2
+            xarray=2023.10
             packaging=24.2
             contextily=1.5
             geopandas=1.0