diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index b2358c583..4af922ccc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         os: ["windows-latest", "ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest"]
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.11", "3.12"]
         experimental: [false]
         include:
-          - python-version: "3.11"
+          - python-version: "3.12"
             os: "ubuntu-latest"
             experimental: true
 
diff --git a/continuous_integration/environment.yaml b/continuous_integration/environment.yaml
index 6dd6f1d0f..df1f9d01a 100644
--- a/continuous_integration/environment.yaml
+++ b/continuous_integration/environment.yaml
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ dependencies:
   - pillow
   - platformdirs
   - pyyaml
-  # 9.3.1 includes bug fix
-  - proj !=9.3.0
   - pyproj
   - pykdtree
   - rasterio
diff --git a/pyresample/test/test_utils.py b/pyresample/test/test_utils.py
index 921bc7371..34b4948f8 100644
--- a/pyresample/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/pyresample/test/test_utils.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from unittest import mock
 
 import numpy as np
+import pyproj
 import pytest
 from pyproj import CRS
 
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ def test_proj4_str_dict_conversion_with_valueless_parameter(self):
         proj_dict2 = utils.proj4.proj4_str_to_dict(proj_str2)
         self.assertDictEqual(proj_dict, proj_dict2)
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(pyproj.__proj_version__ == "9.3.0", reason="Bug in PROJ causes inequality in EPSG comparison")
     def test_def2yaml_converter(self):
         import tempfile