diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix
index 2e4f488abb8a..1b6138529d56 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pandas/default.nix
@@ -63,19 +63,32 @@
 let
   pandas = buildPythonPackage rec {
     pname = "pandas";
-    version = "3.0.0";
+    version = "2.3.3";
     pyproject = true;
 
     src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "pandas-dev";
       repo = "pandas";
       tag = "v${version}";
-      postFetch = ''
-        sed -i 's/git_refnames = "[^"]*"/git_refnames = " (tag: ${src.tag})"/' $out/pandas/_version.py
-      '';
-      hash = "sha256-sUOPZZalTJBJwcqyXwDkmT9UX7Ni71vUa3YdFRwSiJY=";
+      hash = "sha256-jY1uM9HmJzoFk26ilbtzJnxAsQhmXS19r73JcFeFWRQ=";
     };
 
+    # A NOTE regarding the Numpy version relaxing: Both Numpy versions 1.x &
+    # 2.x are supported. However upstream wants to always build with Numpy 2,
+    # and with it to still be able to run with a Numpy 1 or 2. We insist to
+    # perform this substitution even though python3.pkgs.numpy is of version 2
+    # nowadays, because our ecosystem unfortunately doesn't allow easily
+    # separating runtime and build-system dependencies. See also:
+    #
+    # https://discourse.nixos.org/t/several-comments-about-priorities-and-new-policies-in-the-python-ecosystem/51790
+    #
+    # Being able to build (& run) with Numpy 1 helps for python environments
+    # that override globally the `numpy` attribute to point to `numpy_1`.
+    postPatch = ''
+      substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+        --replace-fail "numpy>=2.0" numpy
+    '';
+
     build-system = [
       cython
       meson-python
@@ -92,6 +105,7 @@ let
     dependencies = [
       numpy
       python-dateutil
+      pytz
       tzdata
     ];
 
@@ -151,7 +165,6 @@ let
           ];
           spss = [ pyreadstat ];
           sql-other = [ sqlalchemy ];
-          timezone = [ pytz ];
           xml = [ lxml ];
         };
       in