diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index dfd560a..cc90556 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test 🧪
         if: >
-          !contains(github.event.commits[0].message, '[skip ci-tests]') && github.event.pull_request.draft == false
+          !contains(github.event.commits[0].message, '[skip tests]') && github.event.pull_request.draft == false
         run: |
           options(crayon.enabled = TRUE)
           devtools::test()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab96c76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+---
+name: Dependencies 📄
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - synchronize
+      - reopened
+      - ready_for_review
+    branches:
+      - main
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  workflow_call:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: dependencies-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  dependencies:
+    name: ${{ vars.CI_IMAGE }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: ${{ vars.CI_IMAGE }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout project ⬇️
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          path: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+
+      - name: Install package dependencies 📄
+        run: |
+          if (file.exists(${PATH})) {
+              yaml::yaml.load(readLines(${PATH}))$dependencies |>
+              sapply(function(x) x$repo) |>
+              pak::pak(dependencies = TRUE, ask = FALSE, upgrade = FALSE)
+            }
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+        working-directory: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+        env:
+          PATH: ./dependencies.yml
diff --git a/dependencies.yml b/dependencies.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef77848
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependencies.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# use pak source reference to define fluid dependencies
+# https://pak.r-lib.org/reference/pak_package_sources.html
+dependencies:
+  dv.filter:
+    repo: github::boehringer-ingelheim/dv.filter@main
+  dv.loader:
+    repo: github::boehringer-ingelheim/dv.loader@main