diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index a0bffdb..1eff85a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -28,12 +28,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
          # $CONDA is an environment variable pointing to the root of the miniconda directory
           echo $CONDA/bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
-      - name: Creating conda environment for python 3.12
+      - name: Creating conda environment
         run: |
-         conda create -n test -c conda-forge -y python=${{matrix.python-version}} ffmpeg pip cartopy make hdf5 pandoc tox
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          conda run -n test python3 -m pip install -U -e .[tests]
+         conda create -n test -c conda-forge -y ipykernel bash_kernel ffmpeg cartopy make pandoc tox
       - name: Setup jupyter kernel
         run: |
           conda run -n test python3 -m ipykernel install --name tintx --display-name "tintX kernel" --env DATA_FILES ${PWD}/docs/source/_static/data --user
@@ -42,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           DATA_FILES: ./docs/source/_static/data
         run: |
-          conda run -n test tox -p -e lint,docs
+          conda run -n test tox --parallel-no-spinner -p -e lint,docs
   tests:
     name: tintX tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -65,10 +62,7 @@ jobs:
           echo $CONDA/bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
       - name: Creating conda environment for python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         run: |
-         conda create -n test -c conda-forge -y python=${{matrix.python-version}} ffmpeg pip cartopy make hdf5 pandoc tox
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          conda run -n test python3 -m pip install -U -e .[tests]
+         conda create -n test -c conda-forge -y python=${{matrix.python-version}} ipykernel bash_kernel ffmpeg cartopy make pandoc tox
       - name: Setup jupyter kernel
         run: |
           conda run -n test python3 -m ipykernel install --name tintx --display-name "tintX kernel" --env DATA_FILES ${PWD}/docs/source/_static/data --user