diff --git a/.kokoro/presubmit/e2e.cfg b/.kokoro/presubmit/e2e.cfg
index e049dd30b3..be6a3a28de 100644
--- a/.kokoro/presubmit/e2e.cfg
+++ b/.kokoro/presubmit/e2e.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Only run this nox session.
 env_vars: {
     key: "NOX_SESSION"
-    value: "e2e unit_prerelease system_prerelease system_noextras"
+    value: "e2e system_noextras"
 }
 
 env_vars: {
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fa663f66d5..08087849fe 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     "google-cloud-storage >=2.0.0",
     "grpc-google-iam-v1 >= 0.14.2",
     "numpy >=1.24.0",
-    "pandas >=1.5.3",
+    "pandas >=1.5.3, <3.0.0",
     "pandas-gbq >=0.26.1",
     "pyarrow >=15.0.2",
     "pydata-google-auth >=1.8.2",