diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 8fad0f5..c5c4054 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-20.04]  # no ubuntugis @ ubuntu-24.04
         python-version: ['3.11', '3.10', '3.9', '3.8', '3.7'] # , '3.6'] <- 3.6 needs setup.cfg
-        gdal-version: ['3.4', '3.6']  # TODO: gdal 3.6 is still unstable.
+        gdal-version: ['3.4', '3.6']
         exclude:
           - os: ubuntu-24.04
             python-version: '3.8'
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           echo adding ubuntugis stable
           sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntugis/ppa
         fi
+        echo test if this still works
         sudo apt-get update
         echo available python3-gdal versions: $(apt-cache madison python3-gdal | cut -f2 -d "|" | tr -d " ")
         echo available libgdal-dev versions: $(apt-cache madison libgdal-dev | cut -f2 -d "|" | tr -d " ")