diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 1b0d45a..0e96c91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
+        apt install gdal-bin libgdal-dev
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python -m pip install flake8 pytest
         if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 7662c9f..90c19d2 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ repos:
   #  hooks:
   #    - id: nb-clean
 
-  - repo: local
-    hooks:
-     - id: pytest # pytest is a pre-commit hook
-       name: pytest
-       entry: pytest tests
-       language: system
-       types: [python]
-       exclude: ^venv/ ^.git/ ^.vscode/ ^.DS_Store ^uq/ ^hindcasts/
-       always_run: true
-       pass_filenames: false
+  #- repo: local
+  #  hooks:
+  #   - id: pytest # pytest is a pre-commit hook
+  #     name: pytest
+  #     entry: pytest tests
+  #     language: system
+  #     types: [python]
+  #     exclude: ^venv/ ^.git/ ^.vscode/ ^.DS_Store ^uq/ ^hindcasts/
+  #     always_run: true
+  #     pass_filenames: false