diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/testing_ci.yml
index 4cdfe5bc..5ea295cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing_ci.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
             - name: Install other dependencies
               run: |
                   pip install pypots
-                  pip install torch-geometric torch-scatter torch-sparse -f "https://data.pyg.org/whl/torch-${{ matrix.torch-version }}+cpu.html"
+                  pip install torch-geometric==2.3.1 torch-scatter==2.1.1 torch-sparse -f "https://data.pyg.org/whl/torch-${{ matrix.torch-version }}+cpu.html"
                   pip install -e ".[dev]"
 
             - name: Fetch the test environment details
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9d07cea0..f33de353 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ max-line-length = 120
 extend-ignore =
     # why ignore E203? Refer to https://github.com/PyCQA/pycodestyle/issues/373
     E203,
+# ignore some errors that are not important in template files
+exclude = pypots/*/template
 
 
 [options.extras_require]