diff --git a/recipes/intervene/meta.yaml b/recipes/intervene/meta.yaml
index 652c0fa2478a4..d83a40619f09f 100644
--- a/recipes/intervene/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/intervene/meta.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ source:
 
 build:
   noarch: python
-  number: 4
+  number: 5
   rpaths:
     - lib/R/lib/
     - lib/
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ requirements:
     - bedtools >=2.29.1
     - pybedtools
     - matplotlib-base
-    - pandas
+    - pandas <1.0.0
     - numpy
     - scipy
     - seaborn