diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting_and_testing.yml b/.github/workflows/linting_and_testing.yml
index e408373e..10c651aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting_and_testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting_and_testing.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
             conda update -n base -c defaults conda -y 
             conda install -n base conda-libmamba-solver -c conda-forge -y
             conda install -c conda-forge -c loop3d --file dependencies.txt -y
-            conda install gdal==3.8.4 pytest -y
+            conda install gdal=3.8.4 pytest -y
 
       - name: Install map2loop
         run: |
diff --git a/dependencies.txt b/dependencies.txt
index aef744aa..57a2f246 100644
--- a/dependencies.txt
+++ b/dependencies.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,4 @@ map2model
 loopprojectfile==0.2.2
 beartype
 pytest
-
-
 scikit-learn
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