diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4fcab2e..b5182f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# dev
+- [fix] update pandas to 3.0.0
+
 # 1.15.9
 - [fix] color: fix main
 
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 694e899..91f840e 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies:
   - gdal
   - lastools # for check that lasinfo warnings desapear when standardizing 
   - geopandas
-  - pandas=2.3.3 # in the next version (3.0.0), test_add_points_from_geometry_to_las fails
+  - pandas
 # --------- dev dep --------- #
   - pre-commit # hooks for applying linters on commit
   - black # code formatting
diff --git a/pdaltools/add_points_in_pointcloud.py b/pdaltools/add_points_in_pointcloud.py
index 36a8bad..e206e93 100644
--- a/pdaltools/add_points_in_pointcloud.py
+++ b/pdaltools/add_points_in_pointcloud.py
@@ -316,9 +316,11 @@ def add_points_from_geometry_to_las(
         gdf = clip_3d_lines_to_tile(gdf, input_las, spatial_ref, tile_width)
         # If the geometry type is LineString, generate 3D points
         if spacing <= 0:
+            geom_type_str = str(unique_geom_type[0])  # scalar for stable message across pandas versions
+            print(f"geometry type: {geom_type_str} and spacing = {spacing}")
             raise NotImplementedError(
-                f"add_points_from_geometry_to_las requires spacing > 0 to run on (Multi)LineString geometries, \
-                but the values provided are geometry type: {unique_geom_type} and spacing = {spacing} "
+                f"add_points_from_geometry_to_las requires spacing > 0 to run on (Multi)LineString geometries, "
+                f"but the values provided are geometry type: {geom_type_str} and spacing = {spacing}"
             )
         else:
             points_gdf = generate_3d_points_from_lines(gdf, spacing, altitude_column)
diff --git a/test/test_add_points_in_pointcloud.py b/test/test_add_points_in_pointcloud.py
index 6992848..ae19c79 100644
--- a/test/test_add_points_in_pointcloud.py
+++ b/test/test_add_points_in_pointcloud.py
@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ def test_add_points_from_geometry_to_las(input_file, input_points, epsg, expecte
     assert input_las.header.point_format == output_las.header.point_format
     assert np.array_equal(input_las.header.scales, output_las.header.scales)
     assert np.array_equal(input_las.header.offsets, output_las.header.offsets)
+    print(f"input = {input_las.header.vlrs[0].string}")
+    print(f"output = {output_las.header.vlrs[0].string}")
     assert input_las.header.vlrs[0].string == output_las.header.vlrs[0].string
 
     point_count = compute_count_one_file(OUTPUT_FILE)["68"]
diff --git a/test/test_standardize_format.py b/test/test_standardize_format.py
index 10fd506..88a49c9 100644
--- a/test/test_standardize_format.py
+++ b/test/test_standardize_format.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import laspy
 import pdal
 import pytest
+from packaging.version import Version
 
 from pdaltools.count_occurences.count_occurences_for_attribute import (
     compute_count_one_file,
@@ -57,9 +58,10 @@ def test_standardize_format(params):
     assert os.path.isfile(output_file)
     # check values from metadata
     json_info = get_pdal_infos_summary(output_file)
-    if pdal.info.version < "2.5":
+    pdal_version = Version(pdal.info.version)
+    if pdal_version < Version("2.5"):
         raise NotImplementedError("This test is not implemented for pdal < 2.5")
-    elif pdal.info.version <= "2.5.2":
+    elif pdal_version <= Version("2.5.2"):
         metadata = json_info["summary"]["metadata"][1]
     else:
         metadata = json_info["summary"]["metadata"]