diff --git a/space2stats_api/src/poetry.lock b/space2stats_api/src/poetry.lock
index bace5bb..2455b08 100644
--- a/space2stats_api/src/poetry.lock
+++ b/space2stats_api/src/poetry.lock
@@ -2357,4 +2357,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.10,<3.13"
-content-hash = "932cb39d230fe1c3d1759480971d1c51a8de9a534dc306196521352f11476074"
+content-hash = "fbb81dce9351f579513d030b1cd118e5cda0c54f39548c68880b275374409039"
diff --git a/space2stats_api/src/pyproject.toml b/space2stats_api/src/pyproject.toml
index c7b29a5..bf980e1 100644
--- a/space2stats_api/src/pyproject.toml
+++ b/space2stats_api/src/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ pytest-benchmark = "^4.0.0"
 requests = "^2.32.3"
 types-requests = "^2.32.0.20240907"
 pyarrow = "^17.0.0"
+pandas = "^2.2.3"
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 space2stats-ingest = "space2stats_ingest.cli:app"
diff --git a/space2stats_api/src/tests/metadata_tests/test_stac_columns.py b/space2stats_api/src/tests/metadata_tests/test_stac_columns.py
index 9971d9e..2945388 100644
--- a/space2stats_api/src/tests/metadata_tests/test_stac_columns.py
+++ b/space2stats_api/src/tests/metadata_tests/test_stac_columns.py
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 import json
-import os
 
 import pandas as pd
-import pytest
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    "GITHUB_ACTIONS" in os.environ,
-    reason="Skipping in GitHub Actions due to Pandas Dependency",
-)
 def test_stac_columns_vs_metadata_xlsx(stac_file_path, metadata_excel_file_path):
     # Load the expected column types from the Metadata Content Excel
     feature_catalog = pd.read_excel(