diff --git a/.github/workflows/streaming-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/streaming-tests.yml
index 5871fa31..a9d1b2bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/streaming-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/streaming-tests.yml
@@ -51,3 +51,29 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           fail_ci_if_error: true
           file: ./cli_coverage.xml
+
+  build-and-test-no-dandi:
+    name: Testing using ${{ matrix.os }} with ${{ matrix.python-version }} without dandi dependencies
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: git fetch --prune --unshallow --tags
+
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install pytest
+        run: pip install pytest
+
+      - name: Install package
+        run: pip install .
+
+      - name: Run pytest with coverage
+        run: pytest -rsx
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index c818d7e6..9eda2f42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ on:
       CODECOV_TOKEN:
         required: true
 
-env:
-  TESTING_FILES_FOLDER_PATH: ./204919/testing_files/
-
 jobs:
   build-and-test:
     name: Testing using ${{ matrix.os }} with ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -17,6 +14,8 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-13", "windows-latest"]
         python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+    env:
+      TESTING_FILES_FOLDER_PATH: ./204919/testing_files/
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: git fetch --prune --unshallow --tags
@@ -46,3 +45,29 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           fail_ci_if_error: true
           file: ./coverage.xml
+
+  build-and-test-no-dandi:
+    name: Testing using ${{ matrix.os }} with ${{ matrix.python-version }} without dandi dependencies
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: git fetch --prune --unshallow --tags
+
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install pytest
+        run: pip install pytest
+
+      - name: Install package
+        run: pip install .
+
+      - name: Run pytest with coverage
+        run: pytest -rsx