diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index ee6c3c2ebbe..f5baeaeea0f 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pip
   - pycocotools
   - pyproj>=2.2
-  - python>=3.8
+  - python>=3.6
   - pytorch-gpu>=1.7
   - rarfile>=3
   - rasterio>=1.0.16
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies:
     - omegaconf>=2.1
     - open3d>=0.11.2
     - opencv-python
-    - pandas>=1.0
+    - pandas>=0.19.1
     - pillow>=2.9
     - pydocstyle[toml]>=6.1
     - pytest>=6
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3baa90a8c25..42d1d2f2262 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -68,10 +68,11 @@ datasets =
     # loading .las point clouds (idtrees) laspy 2+ required for Python 3.6+ support
     laspy>=2.0.0
     # open3d will add add support for python 3.9 in pypi in v0.14. v0.11.2 last version for tests to pass
+    # https://github.com/isl-org/Open3D/issues/1550
     open3d>=0.11.2;python_version<'3.9'
     opencv-python
-    # pandas > v1.0 for python 3.9 support
-    pandas>=1.0
+    # pandas > 0.19.1 for python 3.6 support
+    pandas>=0.19.1
     pycocotools
     # radiant-mlhub 0.2.1+ required for api_key bugfix:
     # https://github.com/radiantearth/radiant-mlhub/pull/48