diff --git a/.github/workflows/deptry.yml b/.github/workflows/deptry.yml
index 0607c736..071281df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deptry.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deptry.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: model
+name: dependency-check
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: run deptry
         run: |
-          poetry run deptry . --per-rule-ignores "DEP001=pyrenew,DEP003=pytest"
+          poetry run deptry . --per-rule-ignores "DEP001=pyrenew,DEP001=pytest,DEP003=pytest"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_model.yml b/.github/workflows/test_model.yml
index 1eadf64a..71574da5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_model.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_model.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install poetry
 
       - name: install package
-        run: poetry install --with dev
+        run: poetry install --with test
 
       - name: run tests
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/test_pipeline.yml
index 6feb74e4..fe43486c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_pipeline.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install poetry
 
       - name: install package
-        run: poetry install --with dev
+        run: poetry install --with test
 
       - name: install pytest-cov
         run: poetry run pip install pytest-cov
diff --git a/.github/workflows/website.yaml b/.github/workflows/website.yaml
index 3b5d0b7a..f864d29e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/website.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/website.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install poetry
 
       - name: install package
-        run: poetry install --with dev
+        run: poetry install --with docs
 
       # This section renders the quarto documents (and the README file)
       # and moves them to the docs/source/_compiled_qmd directory
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
       run: pip install poetry
 
     - name: Install dependencies with Poetry
-      run: poetry install --with dev
+      run: poetry install --with docs
 
     # Building
     - name: Build HTML using Poetry
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3e0fe1fe..087073d4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,22 +23,31 @@ matplotlib = "^3.8.3"
 optional = true
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
-pyyaml = "^6.0.0"
+nbconvert = "^7.16.4"
+ipywidgets = "^8.1.3"
+deptry = "^0.17.0"
+
+[tool.poetry.group.docs]
+optional = true
+
+[tool.poetry.group.docs.dependencies]
 ipykernel = "^6.29.3"
+pyyaml = "^6.0.0"
 nbclient = "^0.10.0"
 nbformat = "^5.10.0"
-pytest-cov = "^5.0.0"
-pytest-mpl = "^0.17.0"
 numpydoc = "^1.7.0"
 arviz = "^0.18.0"
 sphinx = "^7.2.6"
 sphinxcontrib-mermaid = "^0.9.2"
 sphinx-autodoc-typehints = "^2.1.0"
 sphinx-book-theme = "^1.1.2"
-pillow = "^10.3.0"
-nbconvert = "^7.16.4"
-ipywidgets = "^8.1.3"
-deptry = "^0.17.0"
+
+[tool.poetry.group.test]
+optional = true
+
+[tool.poetry.group.test.dependencies]
+pytest-cov = "^5.0.0"
+pytest-mpl = "^0.17.0"
 
 [tool.numpydoc_validation]
 checks = [