diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b5095ff01..e9aa6198d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ dev = [
     "aiohttp>=3.9.0,<4.0.0",
     "pytest-cov>=6.0.0,<7.0.0",
     "ruff>=0.1.0",
-    "PyJWT>=2.0,<3.0",
-    "cryptography>=41.0",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
diff --git a/tests/test_msteams.py b/tests/test_msteams.py
index a253558e3..c75b51f94 100644
--- a/tests/test_msteams.py
+++ b/tests/test_msteams.py
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 import json
 
-import jwt
 import pytest
+
+# Check optional msteams dependencies before running tests
+try:
+    from nanobot.channels import msteams
+    MSTEAMS_AVAILABLE = getattr(msteams, "MSTEAMS_AVAILABLE", False)
+except ImportError:
+    MSTEAMS_AVAILABLE = False
+
+if not MSTEAMS_AVAILABLE:
+    pytest.skip("MSTeams dependencies not installed (PyJWT, cryptography). Run: pip install nanobot-ai[msteams]", allow_module_level=True)
+
+import jwt
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric import rsa
 
 import nanobot.channels.msteams as msteams_module