diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-linux.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-linux.yaml
index c2380bc0e..d973f68b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-linux.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-linux.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: install core_types plugin
         run: pip install -U git+https://github.com/DHARPA-project/kiara_plugin.core_types@develop
+      - name: install tabular plugin
+        run: pip install -U git+https://github.com/DHARPA-project/kiara_plugin.tabular@develop
       - name: install kiara
         run: pip install -U  .[dev_testing]
       - name: display installed kiara and module package versions
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ae26a99a6..a829c952a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ dev_documentation = [
 ]
 
 dev_testing = [
+    "kiara_plugin.core_types",
+    "kiara_plugin.tabular",
     "pytest-cov>=4.1.0",
     "jsonschema>=4.0.0",
     "mypy>=0.800",