diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d74f1f..985bf20 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ The library offers various custom [Converters](https://docs.haystack.deepset.ai/
 ## 🛠️ Installation
 
 ```sh
-# for pandas (pandas is already included in `haystack-ai`)
-pip install dataframes-haystack
+# for pandas
+pip install "dataframes-haystack[pandas]"
 
 # for polars
 pip install "dataframes-haystack[polars]"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f87ea03..0edadb1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "typing_extensions",
 ]
 [project.optional-dependencies]
+pandas = ["pandas>=1.0.0"]
 polars = ["polars>=0.18.0"]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
   "pytest",
 ]
-features = ["polars"]
+features = ["pandas", "polars"]
 python = "3.8" # This is the minimum supported version
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default.scripts]