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@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Add support for converting matplotlib reference lines (`axhline`, `axvline`, and horizontal/vertical `axline`) as well as axes-coordinate lines into Plotly layout shapes in `mpl_to_plotly`, including support for date axes [[#5719](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/pull/5719)], with thanks to @robertoffmoura for the contribution!
 
 ### Fixed
+- Fix the README Quickstart: the Plotly Express example requires pandas, so its install command now includes it
 - Fix `mpl_to_plotly` tick marker mirroring, axis positioning, and trace visibility for twinned and overlaid subplots (such as `twinx` and `twiny`) [[#5310](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/pull/5310)], with thanks to @robertoffmoura for the contribution!
 - Fix `mpl_to_plotly` losing matplotlib axis line colors by exporting the color of each axis's displayed spine to the plotly x and y axis `linecolor` [[#5311](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/pull/5311)], with thanks to @robertoffmoura for the contribution!
 - Fix concurrent first access to lazily initialized graph object properties, which could raise `ValueError("Invalid value")` [[#5691](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py/pull/5691)], with thanks to @hb1915 for the contribution!
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 ### Plotly Express
 
 ```
-pip install plotly[express]
+pip install plotly[express] pandas
 ```
 
 ```python