diff --git a/.github/workflows/linting_and_testing.yml b/.github/workflows/linting_and_testing.yml
index c8c89126..9570a3bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linting_and_testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linting_and_testing.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ name: Linting and Testing
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - master
+    - master
     paths:
       - '**.py'
       - .github/workflows/linting_and_testing.yml
-
+  
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
@@ -50,16 +50,26 @@ jobs:
             conda-remove-defaults: "true"
 
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
+      - name: Install dependencies for windows python 3.10
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && matrix.python-version == '3.10' }}
         run: |
             conda run -n test conda info
-            conda run -n test conda install -c conda-forge -c loop3d --file dependencies.txt gdal python=${{ matrix.python-version }} pytest -y
+            conda run -n test conda install -c loop3d -c conda-forge "gdal=3.4.3" python=${{ matrix.python-version }} -y
+            conda run -n test conda install -c loop3d -c conda-forge --file dependencies.txt python=${{ matrix.python-version }} -y
+            conda run -n test conda install pytest python=${{ matrix.python-version }} -y
 
+      - name: Install dependencies for other environments
+        if: ${{ matrix.os != 'windows-latest' || matrix.python-version != '3.10' }}
+        run: |
+            conda run -n test conda info
+            conda run -n test conda install -c loop3d -c conda-forge gdal python=${{ matrix.python-version }} -y
+            conda run -n test conda install -c loop3d -c conda-forge --file dependencies.txt python=${{ matrix.python-version }} -y
+            conda run -n test conda install pytest python=${{ matrix.python-version }} -y
+            
       - name: Install map2loop
         run: |
             conda run -n test python -m pip install .
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-            conda run -n test  pytest
-
+            conda run -n test  pytest
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diff --git a/dependencies.txt b/dependencies.txt
index 80e02915..76f0f574 100644
--- a/dependencies.txt
+++ b/dependencies.txt
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ owslib
 loopprojectfile==0.2.2
 beartype
 pytest
-scikit-learn
-gdal
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+scikit-learn
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/map2loop/__init__.py b/map2loop/__init__.py
index d7ccac11..8723f4ef 100644
--- a/map2loop/__init__.py
+++ b/map2loop/__init__.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class DependencyChecker:
 
     def __init__(self, package_name, dependency_file="dependencies.txt"):
         self.package_name = package_name
-        self.dependency_file = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / dependency_file
+        self.dependency_file = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent / dependency_file
         self.required_version = self.get_required_version()
         self.installed_version = self.get_installed_version()
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def check_version(self):
 
 
 def check_all_dependencies(dependency_file="dependencies.txt"):
-    dependencies_path = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / dependency_file
+    dependencies_path = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent / dependency_file
     try:
         with dependencies_path.open("r") as file:
             for line in file:
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ def check_all_dependencies(dependency_file="dependencies.txt"):
                 if line:
                     if "==" in line:
                         package_name, _ = line.split("==")
+                    elif ">=" in line:
+                        package_name, _ = line.split(">=")
                     else:
                         package_name = line
 
diff --git a/map2loop/thickness_calculator.py b/map2loop/thickness_calculator.py
index 5d7844d8..d7a9aad1 100644
--- a/map2loop/thickness_calculator.py
+++ b/map2loop/thickness_calculator.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import geopandas
 import shapely
 import math
-
+from shapely.errors import UnsupportedGEOSVersionError
 
 class ThicknessCalculator(ABC):
     """
@@ -365,7 +365,11 @@ def compute(
                         # calculate the length of the shortest line
                         line_length = scipy.spatial.distance.euclidean(p1, p2)
                         # find the indices of the points that are within 5% of the length of the shortest line
-                        indices = shapely.dwithin(short_line, interp_points, line_length * 0.25)
+                        try:
+                            # GEOS 3.10.0+
+                            indices = shapely.dwithin(short_line, interp_points, line_length * 0.25)
+                        except UnsupportedGEOSVersionError:
+                            indices= numpy.array([shapely.distance(short_line[0],point)<= (line_length * 0.25) for point in interp_points])
                         # get the dip of the points that are within
                         _dip = numpy.deg2rad(dip[indices])
                         _dips.append(_dip)