diff --git a/ports/py-pandas/portfile.cmake b/ports/py-pandas/portfile.cmake
index 4d336615..193a7fb8 100644
--- a/ports/py-pandas/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/py-pandas/portfile.cmake
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     HEAD_REF main
 )
 
+# The GitHub archive has no git metadata, so versioneer would report the version as 0+unknown.
+# pandas uses an existing _version_meson.py as is, like the one in its sdist.
+file(WRITE "${SOURCE_PATH}/_version_meson.py" "__version__=\"${VERSION}\"\n__git_version__=\"\"\n")
+
 # pandas pulls fast_float in through subproject() only, which meson would
 # download. An existing subproject directory with a meson.build is used as is,
 # so assemble it from the fast-float port and pandas' own packagefile.
diff --git a/ports/py-pandas/vcpkg.json b/ports/py-pandas/vcpkg.json
index 4bf277e2..5550c637 100644
--- a/ports/py-pandas/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/py-pandas/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "py-pandas",
   "version": "3.1.0",
+  "port-version": 1,
   "description": "Powerful data structures for data analysis, time series, and statistics.",
   "homepage": "https://pandas.pydata.org",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 8b8b74fc..8747bc41 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
     },
     "py-pandas": {
       "baseline": "3.1.0",
-      "port-version": 0
+      "port-version": 1
     },
     "py-pathspec": {
       "baseline": "1.1.1",
diff --git a/versions/p-/py-pandas.json b/versions/p-/py-pandas.json
index d75a53f0..5d256805 100644
--- a/versions/p-/py-pandas.json
+++ b/versions/p-/py-pandas.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "fdd811aa09dde1a75d127d9d268b83ebb54652e4",
+      "version": "3.1.0",
+      "port-version": 1
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "1cab19d94fe259d9baaf8ac73dc2fcaa9eb5d6c7",
       "version": "3.1.0",