diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index d215eed0..83ee4329 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.name "CI Almighty"
 
       - name: Install roiextractors with minimal requirements
-        run: pip install .[test]
+        run: pip install .
+      - name: Test initial import of all non-lazy dependencies
+        run: python -c "import roiextractors"
 
+      - name: Install roiextractors with testing requirements
+        run: pip install .[test]
       - name: Run minimal tests
         run: pytest tests/test_internals -n auto --dist loadscope
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5455386e..8f95f9b3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 * Fixed the Daily testing workflows by passing along the appropriate secrets: [#340](https://github.com/catalystneuro/roiextractors/pull/340)
 * Change the criteria of determining if Bruker data is volumetric [#342](https://github.com/catalystneuro/roiextractors/pull/342)
 * Fixes a bug that assumes the channel name is is on the tiff file for `BrukerTiffSinglePlaneImagingExtractor` [#343](https://github.com/catalystneuro/roiextractors/pull/343)
+* Including `packaging` explicitly in minimal requirements [#347](https://github.com/catalystneuro/roiextractors/pull/347)
 
 ### Improvements
 
diff --git a/requirements-minimal.txt b/requirements-minimal.txt
index e210d142..6a8d39d7 100644
--- a/requirements-minimal.txt
+++ b/requirements-minimal.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ scipy>=1.5.2
 psutil>=5.8.0
 PyYAML
 lxml
+packaging