diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 6201bdca7..4e9cc4b5f 100755
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ jobs:
 - job: Linux_daal4py
   pool:
     vmImage: 'ubuntu-20.04'
+  steps:
   - task: UsePythonVersion@0
     displayName: 'Use Python $(python.version)'
     inputs:
       versionSpec: '$(python.version)'
   - script: |
-      pip install -r daal4py/requirements.txt
+      pip install -r daal4py_bench/requirements.txt
       python runner.py --configs configs/testing/daal4py.json --no-intel-optimized
     displayName: Run bench
 - job: Linux_XGBoost_and_daal4py
diff --git a/daal4py_bench/requirements.txt b/daal4py_bench/requirements.txt
index c381d913c..1051f78ca 100644
--- a/daal4py_bench/requirements.txt
+++ b/daal4py_bench/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 scikit-learn
-pandas
+pandas < 1.3.0
 daal4py
 openpyxl
 tqdm