diff --git a/dss-plugin-visual-edit/code-env/python/desc.json b/dss-plugin-visual-edit/code-env/python/desc.json
index f39475f..1e30f4b 100644
--- a/dss-plugin-visual-edit/code-env/python/desc.json
+++ b/dss-plugin-visual-edit/code-env/python/desc.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         "PYTHON38",
         "PYTHON39"
     ],
-    "corePackagesSet": "PANDAS15",
+    "corePackagesSet": "PANDAS13",
     "installCorePackages": true,
     "installJupyterSupport": false,
     "basePackagesInstallMethod": "PRE_BUILT",
diff --git a/dss-plugin-visual-edit/code-env/python/spec/requirements.txt b/dss-plugin-visual-edit/code-env/python/spec/requirements.txt
index 99df2c6..7287439 100644
--- a/dss-plugin-visual-edit/code-env/python/spec/requirements.txt
+++ b/dss-plugin-visual-edit/code-env/python/spec/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 dash>=2.4.0
 dash_extensions
 pydantic
-pandas==1.5.3
\ No newline at end of file
+pandas==1.3.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dss-plugin-visual-edit/python-lib/commons.py b/dss-plugin-visual-edit/python-lib/commons.py
index bcc9dd2..aaf9707 100644
--- a/dss-plugin-visual-edit/python-lib/commons.py
+++ b/dss-plugin-visual-edit/python-lib/commons.py
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ def apply_edits_from_df(original_ds, edits_df):
             if col in primary_keys + display_columns + editable_columns:
                 if is_integer_dtype(original_dtype):
                     # there may be missing values so choose a dtype supporting them.
-                    edits_df[col] = edits_df[col].astype(Int64Dtype())
+                    # Cast as float first to work around issue with pandas 1.3 https://stackoverflow.com/a/60024263
+                    edits_df[col] = edits_df[col].astype(float).astype(Int64Dtype())
                 elif is_float_dtype(original_dtype):
                     edits_df[col] = edits_df[col].astype(float)
                 else: