diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index ead18fba5..b96944829 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ packaging==21.3
     # via
     #   bleach
     #   deprecation
-pandas==1.4.3
+pandas==1.4.4
     # via apache-superset
 parsedatetime==2.6
     # via apache-superset
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dc2f4e208..dcfc3726b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ setup(
         "markdown>=3.0",
         "msgpack>=1.0.0, <1.1",
         "numpy==1.22.1",
-        "pandas>=1.4.3, <1.5",
+        "pandas>=1.4.4, <1.5",
         "parsedatetime",
         "pgsanity",
         "polyline",
diff --git a/superset/utils/pandas_postprocessing/contribution.py b/superset/utils/pandas_postprocessing/contribution.py
index 86ef27139..2bfc6f4be 100644
--- a/superset/utils/pandas_postprocessing/contribution.py
+++ b/superset/utils/pandas_postprocessing/contribution.py
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ def contribution(
     """
     contribution_df = df.copy()
     numeric_df = contribution_df.select_dtypes(include=["number", Decimal])
-    # TODO: copy needed due to following regression in 1.4, remove if not needed:
-    # https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/48090
-    numeric_df = numeric_df.copy()
     numeric_df.fillna(0, inplace=True)
     # verify column selections
     if columns: