diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6521a5dc..82bbd8e8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ Release notes for `v0.7.1` and earlier are available on the [Releases][] page.
   documentation builds, `mypy` type checking of `src` and `tests`, `biome`/`pyproject-fmt`/`zizmor` pre-commit hooks,
   and Dependabot updates.
 
+### Fixed
+
+- `visium()`: the circles are built again from the spot coordinates instead of from the raw `tissue_positions` table,
+  which made the reader raise `TypeError: ShapesModel.parse() does not support the type
+  <class 'pandas.core.frame.DataFrame'>`.
+
 ### Removed
 
 - Support for Python 3.11.
diff --git a/src/spatialdata_io/readers/visium.py b/src/spatialdata_io/readers/visium.py
index 5d9fad58..9d784121 100644
--- a/src/spatialdata_io/readers/visium.py
+++ b/src/spatialdata_io/readers/visium.py
@@ -174,7 +174,10 @@ def visium(
 
     assert isinstance(adata.obs, pd.DataFrame)
     adata.obs = pd.merge(adata.obs, coords, how="left", left_index=True, right_index=True)
-    adata.obsm["spatial"] = adata.obs[[VisiumKeys.SPOTS_X, VisiumKeys.SPOTS_Y]].values
+    # `coords` above is the raw `tissue_positions` table; the circles are built from the
+    # spot coordinates in the order of `adata`, so keep them in a separate variable
+    spot_coords = adata.obs[[VisiumKeys.SPOTS_X, VisiumKeys.SPOTS_Y]].to_numpy()
+    adata.obsm["spatial"] = spot_coords
     adata.obs = pd.DataFrame(adata.obs)
     adata.obs.drop(columns=[VisiumKeys.SPOTS_X, VisiumKeys.SPOTS_Y], inplace=True)
     adata.obs["spot_id"] = np.arange(len(adata))
@@ -204,7 +207,7 @@ def visium(
     )
     shapes = {}
     circles = ShapesModel.parse(
-        coords,
+        spot_coords,
         geometry=0,
         radius=scalefactors["spot_diameter_fullres"] / 2.0,
         index=adata.obs["spot_id"].copy(),