diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 2213398c1bd..6ad45cb2015 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ name: tests
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - "*"
+    - '*'
   pull_request:
     branches:
-      - "*"
+    - '*'
     types:
       - opened
       - reopened
@@ -25,17 +25,18 @@ on:
         default: false
 
 env:
-  CACHE_NUMBER: 0 # increase to reset cache manually
-  PYTEST_FLAGS: --tardis-refdata=${{ github.workspace }}/tardis-refdata --tardis-regression-data=${{ github.workspace }}/tardis-regression-data --cov=tardis --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html --cov-append
+  CACHE_NUMBER: 0  # increase to reset cache manually
+  PYTEST_FLAGS: --tardis-refdata=${{ github.workspace }}/tardis-refdata --tardis-regression-data=${{ github.workspace }}/tardis-regression-data --cov=tardis --cov-report=xml --cov-report=html --cov-append 
   CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
 defaults:
   run:
     shell: bash -l {0}
-
+ 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
+    
 
 jobs:
   tests:
@@ -46,11 +47,11 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         label: [osx-arm64, linux-64]
-        continuum: ["not", ""]
-        rpacket_tracking: ["not", ""]
+        continuum: ['not', '']
+        rpacket_tracking: ['not', '']
         exclude:
-          - continuum: ""
-            rpacket_tracking: ""
+          - continuum: ''
+            rpacket_tracking: ''
         include:
           - label: osx-arm64
             os: macos-latest
@@ -64,34 +65,29 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup LFS
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup_lfs
-
+      
       - name: Setup environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup_env
         with:
           os-label: ${{ matrix.label }}
-
+      
       - name: Install package editable
         if: ${{ !inputs.pip_git }}
         run: |
           pip install -e . --user
-
+      
       - name: Install package git
         if: ${{ inputs.pip_git }}
         run: |
           pip install git+https://github.com/tardis-sn/tardis.git@master
 
-      - name: Install qgridnext
-        if: ${{ !inputs.pip_git }}
-        run: |
-          pip install qgridnext
-
       - name: Run tests
-        run: pytest tardis ${{ env.PYTEST_FLAGS }} -m "${{ matrix.continuum }} continuum and ${{ matrix.rpacket_tracking }} rpacket_tracking"
-
+        run: pytest tardis ${{ env.PYTEST_FLAGS }} -m "${{ matrix.continuum }} continuum and ${{ matrix.rpacket_tracking }} rpacket_tracking" 
+      
       - name: Refdata Generation tests
-        run: pytest tardis ${{ env.PYTEST_FLAGS }} --generate-reference -m "${{ matrix.continuum }} continuum and ${{ matrix.rpacket_tracking }} rpacket_tracking"
+        run: pytest tardis ${{ env.PYTEST_FLAGS }} --generate-reference -m "${{ matrix.continuum }} continuum and ${{ matrix.rpacket_tracking }} rpacket_tracking" 
         if: contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-generation-tests') || github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-
+      
       - run: mv .coverage .coverage.${{ strategy.job-index }}
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -100,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             .coverage*
             !.coveragerc
-
+    
   combine_coverage_reports:
     needs: [tests]
     if: github.repository_owner == 'tardis-sn'
@@ -114,16 +110,16 @@ jobs:
 
       # will download all artifacts(in this case all are coverage reports)
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
+        with: 
           path: .
           merge-multiple: true
-
+      
       - name: Combine coverage reports
         run: |
           coverage combine
           coverage xml
           coverage html
-
+      
       - name: Print report
         run: coverage report
 
diff --git a/tardis/visualization/widgets/line_info.py b/tardis/visualization/widgets/line_info.py
index 6250d6a22dd..7c125264fd2 100644
--- a/tardis/visualization/widgets/line_info.py
+++ b/tardis/visualization/widgets/line_info.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from astropy import units as u
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
+import qgrid
 from plotly import graph_objects as go
 from plotly.callbacks import BoxSelector
 import ipywidgets as ipw
diff --git a/tardis/visualization/widgets/util.py b/tardis/visualization/widgets/util.py
index a0aab021107..c354ebbf38d 100644
--- a/tardis/visualization/widgets/util.py
+++ b/tardis/visualization/widgets/util.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Utility classes and functions for widgets."""
 
 import logging
-import qgridnext
+import qgrid
 import ipywidgets as ipw
 import asyncio
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def create_table_widget(
             )
 
     # Create the table widget using qgrid
-    return qgridnext.show_grid(
+    return qgrid.show_grid(
         data,
         grid_options=grid_options,
         column_options=column_options,
diff --git a/tardis_env3.yml b/tardis_env3.yml
index 4d3f564e2f5..8882a45d094 100644
--- a/tardis_env3.yml
+++ b/tardis_env3.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ channels:
   - conda-forge
 
 dependencies:
+
   # WARNING: any change to this section must be applied to the conda-forge
   # package recipe at https://github.com/conda-forge/tardis-sn-feedstock
 
@@ -37,8 +38,7 @@ dependencies:
   - matplotlib-base
   - ipywidgets
   - plotly
-  - pip:
-      - qgridnext
+  - qgrid
 
   # --- Packages not required for conda-forge recipe ---
 
@@ -74,3 +74,4 @@ dependencies:
 
   # Other
   - git-lfs
+