diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_local_sources.yml b/.github/workflows/test_local_sources.yml
index 1707e187e0..818c818ff2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_local_sources.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_local_sources.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
 
         # TODO: which deps should we enable? 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: poetry install --no-interaction -E postgres -E duckdb -E parquet -E filesystem -E cli -E weaviate -E qdrant --with sentry-sdk --with pipeline -E deltalake
+        run: poetry install --no-interaction -E postgres -E duckdb -E parquet -E filesystem -E cli -E sql_database --with sentry-sdk --with pipeline 
         
         # we need sqlalchemy 2 for the sql_database tests
       - name: Upgrade sql alchemy
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 745f1c63f9..94859769e0 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -9738,10 +9738,11 @@ qdrant = ["qdrant-client"]
 redshift = ["psycopg2-binary", "psycopg2cffi"]
 s3 = ["botocore", "s3fs"]
 snowflake = ["snowflake-connector-python"]
+sql-database = ["connectorx", "pymysql", "sqlalchemy"]
 synapse = ["adlfs", "pyarrow", "pyodbc"]
 weaviate = ["weaviate-client"]
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<3.13"
-content-hash = "ee2aee14ef4cd198e8f6fb35a35305fbe6d02650b4c71e45c625ad83556e2c95"
+content-hash = "b4ef2e842b43b2da1b0594fc644c9708d7223f8d4e22c35e6e9e3ad1e1f0bebe"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 52ae94a2b4..8fdaf987cc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ lancedb = { version = ">=0.8.2", optional = true, markers = "python_version >= '
 tantivy = { version = ">= 0.22.0", optional = true }
 deltalake = { version = ">=0.19.0", optional = true }
 graphlib-backport = {version = "*", python = "<3.9"}
+sqlalchemy = { version = ">=1.4", optional = true }
+pymysql = { version = "^1.0.3", optional = true }
+connectorx = { version = ">=0.3.1", optional = true } 
+
 
 [tool.poetry.extras]
 gcp = ["grpcio", "google-cloud-bigquery", "db-dtypes", "gcsfs"]
@@ -109,6 +113,7 @@ clickhouse = ["clickhouse-driver", "clickhouse-connect", "s3fs", "gcsfs", "adlfs
 dremio = ["pyarrow"]
 lancedb = ["lancedb", "pyarrow", "tantivy"]
 deltalake = ["deltalake", "pyarrow"]
+sql_database = ["sqlalchemy", "pymysql", "connectorx"]
 
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
@@ -159,11 +164,6 @@ types-regex = "^2024.5.15.20240519"
 flake8-print = "^5.0.0"
 mimesis = "^7.0.0"
 
-[tool.poetry.group.sql_database.dependencies]
-sqlalchemy = ">=1.4"
-pymysql = "^1.0.3"
-connectorx = ">=0.3.1"
-
 [tool.poetry.group.pipeline]
 optional = true