diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test-release.yml
index 90027210..6f11f23e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-release.yml
@@ -89,14 +89,9 @@ jobs:
           name: power-grid-model-io
           path: wheelhouse/
 
-      - name: Install built wheel file (Python 3.11 and 3.12)
-        if: matrix.python != '3.13'
+      - name: Install built wheel file
         run: pip install power-grid-model-io[dev]==${{ needs.build-python.outputs.version }} --find-links=wheelhouse
 
-      - name: Install built wheel file (Python 3.13)
-        if: matrix.python == '3.13'
-        run: pip install power-grid-model-io[dev-bare]==${{ needs.build-python.outputs.version }} --find-links=wheelhouse
-
       - name: Unit test and coverage
         run: pytest --verbose
 
@@ -125,14 +120,9 @@ jobs:
           name: power-grid-model-io
           path: wheelhouse/
 
-      - name: Install built wheel file (Python 3.11 and 3.12)
-        if: matrix.python != '3.13'
+      - name: Install built wheel file
         run: pip install power-grid-model-io[dev]==${{ needs.build-python.outputs.version }} --find-links=wheelhouse
 
-      - name: Install built wheel file (Python 3.13)
-        if: matrix.python == '3.13'
-        run: pip install power-grid-model-io[dev-bare]==${{ needs.build-python.outputs.version }} --find-links=wheelhouse
-
       - name: Validation tests
         run: pytest tests/validation --no-cov --verbose
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 622d3f66..57365120 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,20 +39,17 @@ dependencies = [
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-dev-bare = [  # pandapower 3.0.0 is not compatible with Python 3.13. pandapower 3.1 will be.
+dev = [
     "pre-commit",
     "pylint",
     "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",
     "pydantic>2", # Used in unit tests
-]
-dev = [
-    "power-grid-model-io[dev-bare]",
-    "pandapower>2.11.1, <3.1", # pandapower 3.0.0 is not compatible with Python 3.13. pandapower 3.1 will be.
+    "pandapower>2.11.1",
 ]
 examples = [
     "power-grid-model>1.9.80",
-    "pandapower>2.11.1, <3.0", # pandapower 3.0.0 has differences in results cfr. https://github.com/e2nIEE/pandapower/issues/2557
+    "pandapower>2.11.1",
     "pyarrow", # Pyarrow support for Python 3.12 scheduled for 14.0.0: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/37880
 ]
 doc = [
diff --git a/src/power_grid_model_io/converters/pandapower_converter.py b/src/power_grid_model_io/converters/pandapower_converter.py
index f35d90bc..36fb1d21 100644
--- a/src/power_grid_model_io/converters/pandapower_converter.py
+++ b/src/power_grid_model_io/converters/pandapower_converter.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 
 # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
-class PandaPowerConverter(BaseConverter[PandaPowerData]):  # pragma: no cover
+class PandaPowerConverter(BaseConverter[PandaPowerData]):
     """
     Panda Power Converter
     """
diff --git a/tests/unit/converters/test_pandapower_converter_input.py b/tests/unit/converters/test_pandapower_converter_input.py
index 23ca6575..4246e920 100644
--- a/tests/unit/converters/test_pandapower_converter_input.py
+++ b/tests/unit/converters/test_pandapower_converter_input.py
@@ -7,14 +7,12 @@
 from unittest.mock import ANY, MagicMock, call, patch
 
 import numpy as np
+import pandapower as pp
 import pandas as pd
 import pytest
 from packaging import version
 from power_grid_model import Branch3Side, BranchSide, LoadGenType, WindingType, initialize_array
 
-pp = pytest.importorskip("pandapower", reason="pandapower is not installed")
-# we add this to enable python 3.13 testing even though pandapower 3.0 is not yet compatible with it
-
 from power_grid_model_io.converters.pandapower_converter import PandaPowerConverter
 
 from ...utils import MockDf, MockFn, assert_struct_array_equal
diff --git a/tests/validation/converters/test_pandapower_converter_input.py b/tests/validation/converters/test_pandapower_converter_input.py
index 9dffa8ba..060eaaa0 100644
--- a/tests/validation/converters/test_pandapower_converter_input.py
+++ b/tests/validation/converters/test_pandapower_converter_input.py
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
 from power_grid_model_io.data_types import ExtraInfo
 from power_grid_model_io.utils.json import JsonEncoder
 
-pp = pytest.importorskip("pandapower", reason="pandapower is not installed")
-# we add this to enable python 3.13 testing even though pandapower 3.0 is not yet compatible with it
-
 from ...data.pandapower.pp_validation import pp_net
 from ..utils import compare_extra_info, component_attributes, component_objects, load_json_single_dataset, select_values