diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting_and_testing.yml b/.github/workflows/linting_and_testing.yml
index 7d6b39c2..2bd9b9b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting_and_testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting_and_testing.yml
@@ -34,12 +34,15 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             conda update -n base -c defaults conda -y 
             conda install -n base conda-libmamba-solver -c conda-forge -y
+      - name: Install dependencies 1
+        run: |
+            conda install -c conda-forge gdal -y
       - name: Install dependencies 2
         run: |
             conda install -c conda-forge -c loop3d --file dependencies.txt -y
       - name: Install 3
         run: |
-            conda install gdal pytest -y
+            conda install pytest -y
 
       - name: Install map2loop
         run: |
diff --git a/dependencies.txt b/dependencies.txt
index 7a9cff2f..57a2f246 100644
--- a/dependencies.txt
+++ b/dependencies.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@ owslib
 map2model
 loopprojectfile==0.2.2
 beartype
-gdal==3.8.4
 pytest
 scikit-learn
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