diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7779c2150..e2405d1ef 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "viadot2"
-version = "2.1.0"
+version = "2.1.2"
 description = "A simple data ingestion library to guide data flows from some places to other places."
 authors = [
     { name = "acivitillo", email = "acivitillo@dyvenia.com" },
diff --git a/src/viadot/utils.py b/src/viadot/utils.py
index 957dc23fd..ee5526a28 100644
--- a/src/viadot/utils.py
+++ b/src/viadot/utils.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 import pandas as pd
 import pyodbc
-import pytest
 import requests
 from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
 from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError, HTTPError, ReadTimeout, Timeout
@@ -829,6 +828,8 @@ def skip_test_on_missing_extra(source_name: str, extra: str) -> None:
         source_name (str): The name of the source for which dependencies are missing.
         extra (str): The name of the extra that is missing.
     """
+    import pytest
+
     msg = f"Missing required extra '{extra}' for source '{source_name}'."
     pytest.skip(
         msg,