diff --git a/gdecore/database_queries.py b/gdecore/database_queries.py
index 779672638d1111f0a61eb70d76ab8c127aa9d3b4..f0c4c08742725acffd9fc267ef1689437e4c48f4 100644
--- a/gdecore/database_queries.py
+++ b/gdecore/database_queries.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import numpy
 import shapely
 import pandas
 import geopandas
+import warnings
 from gdeimporter.tools.database import Database
 
 
@@ -390,12 +391,17 @@ class DatabaseQueries:
         db_obm_buildings = Database(**db_obm_buildings_config)
         db_obm_buildings.create_connection_and_cursor()
 
-        obm_buildings = geopandas.GeoDataFrame.from_postgis(
-            sql_query % (db_table, "4326", geographic_area, occupancy_types_condition),
-            db_obm_buildings.connection,
-            geom_col="geometry",
-            crs="epsg:4326",
-        )
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            # Ignore warning for non-SQLAlchemy Connection
+            # (see github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/45660)
+            warnings.simplefilter("ignore", UserWarning)
+
+            obm_buildings = geopandas.GeoDataFrame.from_postgis(
+                sql_query % (db_table, "4326", geographic_area, occupancy_types_condition),
+                db_obm_buildings.connection,
+                geom_col="geometry",
+                crs="epsg:4326",
+            )
 
         db_obm_buildings.close_connection()
 
diff --git a/tests/data/exposure_entities.txt b/tests/data/exposure_entities.txt
index 959d0f006ad3a44f8d574223fb18f9b29ac989d2..3610519bc22cf1c63aaac87436a989fd78a575ec 100644
--- a/tests/data/exposure_entities.txt
+++ b/tests/data/exposure_entities.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Spain
-Turkey
+Switzerland
 Germany
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_configuration.py b/tests/test_configuration.py
index eabcd397f816589e1ae1ee1cd049d17d60b011b5..4054f851ce569e65a2708ea76e8896f5dfb194fc 100644
--- a/tests/test_configuration.py
+++ b/tests/test_configuration.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def test_Configuration_interpret_exposure_entities_to_run(test_db):
     returned_config.interpret_exposure_entities_to_run()
     assert len(returned_config.exposure_entities_to_run) == 3
     assert returned_config.exposure_entities_to_run[0] == "ESP"
-    assert returned_config.exposure_entities_to_run[1] == "TUR"
+    assert returned_config.exposure_entities_to_run[1] == "CHE"
     assert returned_config.exposure_entities_to_run[2] == "DEU"
 
     # A name of a CSV file is provided, 'exposure_entities_code' is ISO3