diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-38-minimum_versions.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-38-minimum_versions.yaml
index b41ea60600a9f..e44a3e0d70f4a 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-38-minimum_versions.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-38-minimum_versions.yaml
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ dependencies:
 
   - pip:
     - pyqt5==5.15.1
-    - python-calamine==0.0.6
+    - python-calamine==0.0.7
diff --git a/pandas/compat/_optional.py b/pandas/compat/_optional.py
index b1b8dd370f4ec..16d5c17ea0331 100644
--- a/pandas/compat/_optional.py
+++ b/pandas/compat/_optional.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "pyarrow": "6.0.0",
     "pyreadstat": "1.1.2",
     "pytest": "7.0.0",
-    "python-calamine": "0.0.6",
+    "python-calamine": "0.0.7",
     "pyxlsb": "1.0.8",
     "s3fs": "2021.08.0",
     "scipy": "1.7.1",
diff --git a/pandas/io/excel/_calaminereader.py b/pandas/io/excel/_calaminereader.py
index af7d2016648c6..a72bc03957a59 100644
--- a/pandas/io/excel/_calaminereader.py
+++ b/pandas/io/excel/_calaminereader.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def _convert_cell(value: ValueT) -> Scalar:
 
         from python_calamine import get_sheet_data
 
-        rows = get_sheet_data(self.book, sheet)
+        rows = get_sheet_data(self.book, sheet, skip_empty_area=False)
         data: list[list[Scalar]] = []
 
         for row in rows:
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/excel/test_readers.py b/pandas/tests/io/excel/test_readers.py
index cec4e636db400..d5b52b062e034 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/excel/test_readers.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/excel/test_readers.py
@@ -901,9 +901,9 @@ def test_corrupt_bytes_raises(self, engine):
                 "record; found b'foo'"
             )
         elif engine == "calamine":
-            import python_calamine
+            from python_calamine import CalamineError
 
-            error = python_calamine._python_calamine.CalamineError
+            error = CalamineError
             msg = "Cannot detect file format"
         else:
             error = BadZipFile
@@ -1797,9 +1797,9 @@ def test_corrupt_files_closed(self, engine, read_ext):
 
             errors = (BadZipFile, xlrd.biffh.XLRDError)
         elif engine == "calamine":
-            import python_calamine
+            from python_calamine import CalamineError
 
-            errors = (python_calamine._python_calamine.CalamineError,)
+            errors = (CalamineError,)
 
         with tm.ensure_clean(f"corrupt{read_ext}") as file:
             Path(file).write_text("corrupt")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 01c0a0cd9e9cf..5fada3523c781 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ all = ['beautifulsoup4>=4.9.3',
        'pytest>=7.0.0',
        'pytest-xdist>=2.2.0',
        'pytest-asyncio>=0.17.0',
-       'python-calamine>=0.0.6',
+       'python-calamine>=0.0.7',
        'python-snappy>=0.6.0',
        'pyxlsb>=1.0.8',
        'qtpy>=2.2.0',