diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix
index 122d5d1b538d..2cb644c2cd49 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ let
     postPatch = ''
       substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
         --replace-fail "meson-python==0.13.1" "meson-python>=0.13.1" \
-        --replace-fail "meson==1.2.1" "meson>=1.2.1" \
+        --replace-fail "meson==1.2.1" "meson>=1.2.1"
     '';
 
     nativeBuildInputs = [