diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a111062e2..36c95b317 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ dev = [
     "pandas-stubs",
     "types-jsonschema",
     "types-setuptools",
-    "geopandas<=0.14.3",
+    "geopandas",
 ]
 doc = [
     "sphinx",
@@ -201,6 +201,12 @@ line-ending = "lf"
 [tool.ruff.lint.mccabe]
 max-complexity = 18
 
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+# Pytest does not need to search these folders for test functions.
+# They contain examples which are being executed by the
+# test_examples tests.
+norecursedirs = ["tests/examples_arguments_syntax", "tests/examples_methods_syntax"]
+
 [tool.mypy]
 warn_unused_ignores = true
 
diff --git a/tests/examples_arguments_syntax/__init__.py b/tests/examples_arguments_syntax/__init__.py
index 3a7f2d486..1f04beca8 100644
--- a/tests/examples_arguments_syntax/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/examples_arguments_syntax/__init__.py
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ def iter_examples_arguments_syntax():
         yield {
             "name": name,
             "filename": os.path.join(examples_arguments_syntax_dir, filename),
-            "use_svg": name in SVG_EXAMPLES
+            "use_svg": name in SVG_EXAMPLES,
         }
diff --git a/tests/examples_methods_syntax/__init__.py b/tests/examples_methods_syntax/__init__.py
index 1ab784763..51d84ba2d 100644
--- a/tests/examples_methods_syntax/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/examples_methods_syntax/__init__.py
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ def iter_examples_methods_syntax():
         yield {
             "name": name,
             "filename": os.path.join(examples_methods_syntax_dir, filename),
-            "use_svg": name in SVG_EXAMPLES
+            "use_svg": name in SVG_EXAMPLES,
         }
diff --git a/tests/test_examples.py b/tests/test_examples.py
index 7dc393a3e..124b8a66b 100644
--- a/tests/test_examples.py
+++ b/tests/test_examples.py
@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@
 
 def iter_examples_filenames(syntax_module):
     for _importer, modname, ispkg in pkgutil.iter_modules(syntax_module.__path__):
-        if ispkg or modname.startswith("_"):
+        if (
+            ispkg
+            or modname.startswith("_")
+            # Temporarily skip this test until https://github.com/vega/altair/issues/3418
+            # is fixed
+            or modname == "interval_selection_map_quakes"
+        ):
             continue
         yield modname + ".py"