diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5b70adf0..957c7439 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   test:
     name: Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 10
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -20,27 +20,25 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout source
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Setup Conda Environment
-        uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
+      - name: Setup conda
+        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
-          cache-downloads: true
           environment-file: environment_gcsfs.yaml
-          environment-name: gcsfs_test
-          create-args: >-
-            python=${{ matrix.PY }}
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.PY }}
+          activate-environment: gcsfs_test
 
       - name: Conda info
         run: |
           conda list
           conda --version
 
-      - name: Install libfuse
-        run: (sudo apt-get install -y fuse || echo "Error installing fuse.")
-
+      - name: install
+        run: |
+          pip install -e .
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=$(pwd)/gcsfs/tests/fake-secret.json
-          pytest -vv \
+          pytest -vv -s \
           --log-format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s" \
           --log-date-format="%H:%M:%S" \
           gcsfs/
diff --git a/docs/source/changelog.rst b/docs/source/changelog.rst
index 1bf64c29..7418f6f0 100644
--- a/docs/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/source/changelog.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Changelog
 Note: in some releases, there are no changes, because we always guarantee relasing in step
 with fsspec.
 
+2024.9.0
+--------
+
+* In case error in a pure string (#631)
+
 2024.6.1
 --------
 
diff --git a/environment_gcsfs.yaml b/environment_gcsfs.yaml
index 98da14c0..8779802f 100644
--- a/environment_gcsfs.yaml
+++ b/environment_gcsfs.yaml
@@ -2,18 +2,17 @@ name: gcsfs_test
 channels:
   - conda-forge
 dependencies:
+  - python==3.11
   - aiohttp
   - crcmod
   - decorator
   - fsspec
-  - fusepy<3
   - google-api-core
   - google-api-python-client
   - google-auth
   - google-auth-oauthlib
   - google-cloud-core
   - google-cloud-storage
-  - libfuse<3
   - pytest
   - pytest-timeout
   - requests
diff --git a/gcsfs/tests/conftest.py b/gcsfs/tests/conftest.py
index b5d74cca..e1a73732 100644
--- a/gcsfs/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/gcsfs/tests/conftest.py
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 c = TEST_BUCKET + "/tmp/test/c"
 d = TEST_BUCKET + "/tmp/test/d"
 
+params = dict()
+
 
 def stop_docker(container):
     cmd = shlex.split('docker ps -a -q --filter "name=%s"' % container)
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ def docker_gcs():
         # assume using real API or otherwise have a server already set up
         yield os.getenv("STORAGE_EMULATOR_HOST")
         return
+    params["token"] = "anon"
     container = "gcsfs_test"
     cmd = (
         "docker run -d -p 4443:4443 --name gcsfs_test fsouza/fake-gcs-server:latest -scheme "
@@ -86,11 +89,12 @@ def docker_gcs():
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def gcs_factory(docker_gcs):
+    params["endpoint_url"] = docker_gcs
+
     def factory(default_location=None):
         GCSFileSystem.clear_instance_cache()
-        return fsspec.filesystem(
-            "gcs", endpoint_url=docker_gcs, default_location=default_location
-        )
+        params["default_location"] = default_location
+        return fsspec.filesystem("gcs", **params)
 
     return factory
 
diff --git a/gcsfs/tests/test_core.py b/gcsfs/tests/test_core.py
index ebd33c0c..28f1a1d6 100644
--- a/gcsfs/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/gcsfs/tests/test_core.py
@@ -870,8 +870,10 @@ def test_bigger_than_block_read(gcs):
 
 
 def test_current(gcs):
+    from gcsfs.tests import conftest
+
     assert GCSFileSystem.current() is gcs
-    gcs2 = GCSFileSystem(endpoint_url=gcs._endpoint, default_location=None)
+    gcs2 = GCSFileSystem(**conftest.params)
     assert gcs2.session is gcs.session
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1d290de1..6a73c506 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 aiohttp!=4.0.0a0, !=4.0.0a1
 decorator>4.1.2
-fsspec==2024.6.1
+fsspec==2024.9.0
 google-auth>=1.2
 google-auth-oauthlib
 google-cloud-storage