diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 37bc17a9bce9cadfda732120f87df3d39a50d921..4eb5e3a46dbcd8c32d9a2962227b70ce2900554c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ tests (from scratch):
     - pip install --upgrade pip
     - zypper --no-gpg-checks addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Application:Geo/15.4/Application:Geo.repo
     - zypper --no-gpg-checks refresh
-    - zypper --no-gpg-checks --non-interactive install proj=9.1.0
-    - zypper --no-gpg-checks --non-interactive install geos=3.11.1
-    - zypper --no-gpg-checks --non-interactive install geos-devel=3.9.1
-   # - zypper --no-gpg-checks --non-interactive install libproj22=8.2.1
+    - zypper --no-gpg-checks --non-interactive install proj geos geos-devel
     - zypper --no-gpg-checks --non-interactive install binutils libproj-devel gdal-devel
     - pip install -r requirements.txt
     - chmod +x ./CI/run_pytest.sh
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e6578031a037ce89054db061c2582dea4d91fdca..fd0dfe8d8ca4790a60d45de3b4466992107df2c1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ netcdf4==1.6.0
 numpy~=1.19.2
 pandas==1.3.4
 partd==1.2.0
+protobuf==3.20.*
 psutil==5.9.1
 pydot==1.4.2
 pytest==6.2.2