diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests_framework_github.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests_framework_github.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2f2192ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests_framework_github.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: HTTomo framework tests
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  tests-cpu:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Create conda environment
+        uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
+        with:
+          environment-file: conda/environment-cpu.yml
+          environment-name: httomo
+          post-cleanup: 'all'
+          init-shell: bash
+
+      - name: install httomo and httomo-backends
+        run: |
+          micromamba activate httomo
+          pip install --no-deps httomo-backends
+          pip install .
+          micromamba list
+          
+      - name: Run HTTomo framework tests (CPU)
+        run: |
+          pytest tests/
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diff --git a/conda/environment-cpu.yml b/conda/environment-cpu.yml
index e9a026e0d..3543e0ba9 100644
--- a/conda/environment-cpu.yml
+++ b/conda/environment-cpu.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 name: httomo
 channels:
   - conda-forge
-  - httomo
 dependencies:
-  - conda-forge::tomopy==1.15
-  - httomo::httomolib==2.1
-  - conda-forge::click>=8.1.3
-  - conda-forge::mpi4py>=3.1
-  - conda-forge::h5py=*=*mpi_openmpi*
-  - conda-forge::pyyaml
-  - conda-forge::numpy<=1.25
-  - conda-forge::python
-  - conda-forge::numexpr>=2.8.4
-  - conda-forge::ipython
-  - conda-forge::loguru
-  - conda-forge::graypy
-  - conda-forge::plumbum
-  - conda-forge::tqdm
-  - conda-forge::typing_extensions
+  - scipy
+  - pillow
+  - click
+  - numpy
+  - graypy
+  - h5py=*=*mpi_openmpi*
+  - hdf5plugin
+  - loguru
+  - mpi4py
+  - pyyaml
+  - nvtx
+  - python
+  - plumbum
+  - tqdm
+  - typing_extensions
+  - ipython
+  - pytest
+  - pytest-xdist
+  - pytest-cov
+  - pytest-mock