diff --git a/pyspark-notebook/Dockerfile b/pyspark-notebook/Dockerfile
index ce7f7872..ad981103 100644
--- a/pyspark-notebook/Dockerfile
+++ b/pyspark-notebook/Dockerfile
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ RUN fix-permissions "/etc/ipython/"
 USER ${NB_UID}
 
 # Install pyarrow
+# Temporarily pin pandas to version 1.5.3, see: https://github.com/jupyter/docker-stacks/issues/1924
 RUN mamba install --yes \
+    'pandas>=1.5.3,<2.0.0' \
     'pyarrow' && \
     mamba clean --all -f -y && \
     fix-permissions "${CONDA_DIR}" && \
diff --git a/tests/base-notebook/test_packages.py b/tests/base-notebook/test_packages.py
index e4c9abfd..f6f9c085 100644
--- a/tests/base-notebook/test_packages.py
+++ b/tests/base-notebook/test_packages.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ EXCLUDED_PACKAGES = [
     "hdf5",
     "jupyterlab-git",
     "openssl",
+    "pandas[version='>",
     "protobuf",
     "python",
     "r-irkernel",
diff --git a/tests/pyspark-notebook/units/unit_pandas_version.py b/tests/pyspark-notebook/units/unit_pandas_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f650a3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pyspark-notebook/units/unit_pandas_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Jupyter Development Team.
+# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+
+import pandas
+
+assert pandas.__version__ == "1.5.3"