diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-sqlmesh.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-sqlmesh.yaml
index a95208bb..f0eb494c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-sqlmesh.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-sqlmesh.yaml
@@ -4,16 +4,12 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-    paths:
-      - "recce/**"
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
-    paths:
-      - "recce/**"
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  smoke-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -23,6 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: 3.11
           cache: "pip" # caching pip dependencies
+          cache-dependency-path: setup.py
       - run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install sqlmesh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yaml
index 42d4df02..2bbdf9ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yaml
@@ -4,28 +4,36 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-    paths:
-      - "recce/**"
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
-    paths:
-      - "recce/**"
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  smoke-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - python-version: "3.9"
+            dbt-version: "1.6"
+          - python-version: "3.11"
+            dbt-version: "latest"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.11
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           cache: "pip" # caching pip dependencies
+          cache-dependency-path: setup.py
       - run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r ./integration_tests/dbt/requirements.txt
+          if [ "${{ matrix.dbt-version }}" = "latest" ]; then
+            pip install dbt-duckdb
+          else
+            pip install dbt-duckdb==${{ matrix.dbt-version }}
+          fi
 
       - name: Install Recce
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/eslint.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests-js.yaml
similarity index 98%
rename from .github/workflows/eslint.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/tests-js.yaml
index 8087d0ed..1267dcff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/eslint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-js.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Lint by ESLint
+name: Test JS
 
 on:
   push:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests-python.yaml
similarity index 87%
rename from .github/workflows/tests.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/tests-python.yaml
index dc74d9d1..fdb5132d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-python.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Run Python Flake8 and Unit Tests
+name: Test Python
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ on:
       - main
     paths:
       - "recce/**"
+      - "setup.py"
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  test-python:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: 3.11
           cache: "pip" # caching pip dependencies
+          cache-dependency-path: setup.py
 
       - name: Install flake8
         run: pip install flake8
@@ -41,4 +43,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          make test
+          make test-tox
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f60bf3ee..07facd39 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ flake8:
 
 test: install-dev
 	@python3 -m pytest tests
-	@tox
+
+test-tox: install-dev
+	@tox	
 
 install-frontend-requires:
 # Install pnpm if not installed
diff --git a/integration_tests/dbt/requirements.txt b/integration_tests/dbt/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 92872c7e..00000000
--- a/integration_tests/dbt/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-dbt-core
-dbt-duckdb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/integration_tests/dbt/smoke_test.sh b/integration_tests/dbt/smoke_test.sh
index 09f35205..26a45708 100755
--- a/integration_tests/dbt/smoke_test.sh
+++ b/integration_tests/dbt/smoke_test.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euxo pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
diff --git a/integration_tests/sqlmesh/prep_env.sh b/integration_tests/sqlmesh/prep_env.sh
index b526f14d..767da7cb 100755
--- a/integration_tests/sqlmesh/prep_env.sh
+++ b/integration_tests/sqlmesh/prep_env.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euxo pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
diff --git a/integration_tests/sqlmesh/test_server.sh b/integration_tests/sqlmesh/test_server.sh
index 5d75ce6e..0af02dbe 100755
--- a/integration_tests/sqlmesh/test_server.sh
+++ b/integration_tests/sqlmesh/test_server.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euxo pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
diff --git a/recce/core.py b/recce/core.py
index 65cbd7e4..3dbd681c 100644
--- a/recce/core.py
+++ b/recce/core.py
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 import os
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Callable, Dict, Optional, Tuple
-
-import agate
+from typing import Callable, Dict, Optional
 
 from recce.adapter.base import BaseAdapter
 from recce.models import RunDAO, CheckDAO, Check
@@ -65,15 +63,6 @@ def get_node_name_by_id(self, unique_id: object) -> object:
     def generate_sql(self, sql_template: str, base: bool = False, context: Dict = {}):
         self.adapter.generate_sql(sql_template, base=base, context=context)
 
-    def execute(
-        self,
-        sql: str,
-        auto_begin: bool = False,
-        fetch: bool = False,
-        limit: Optional[int] = None
-    ) -> Tuple[any, agate.Table]:
-        return self.adapter.execute(sql, auto_begin=auto_begin, fetch=fetch, limit=limit)
-
     def get_lineage(self, base: Optional[bool] = False):
         return self.adapter.get_lineage(base=base)
 
diff --git a/recce/tasks/histogram.py b/recce/tasks/histogram.py
index 766c8c82..19872ab7 100644
--- a/recce/tasks/histogram.py
+++ b/recce/tasks/histogram.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 from dateutil.relativedelta import relativedelta
 
-from recce.adapter.dbt_adapter import DbtAdapter
 from recce.core import default_context
 from recce.tasks import Task
 from recce.tasks.core import TaskResultDiffer
@@ -293,6 +292,7 @@ def __init__(self, params: HistogramDiffParams):
         self.connection = None
 
     def execute(self):
+        from recce.adapter.dbt_adapter import DbtAdapter
         result = {}
 
         dbt_adapter: DbtAdapter = default_context().adapter
diff --git a/recce/tasks/profile.py b/recce/tasks/profile.py
index 380f7e9c..ac44027f 100644
--- a/recce/tasks/profile.py
+++ b/recce/tasks/profile.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 from typing import TypedDict, List
 
-import agate
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
-from recce.adapter.dbt_adapter import DbtAdapter, merge_tables
 from .core import Task, TaskResultDiffer
 from .dataframe import DataFrame
 from ..core import default_context
@@ -27,6 +25,8 @@ def __init__(self, params: ProfileParams):
         self.connection = None
 
     def execute(self):
+        import agate
+        from recce.adapter.dbt_adapter import DbtAdapter, merge_tables
         dbt_adapter: DbtAdapter = default_context().adapter
 
         model: str = self.params['model']
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def _verify_dbt_profiler(self, dbt_adapter):
             raise RecceException(
                 r"Package 'dbt_profiler' not found. Please refer to the link to install: https://hub.getdbt.com/data-mie/dbt_profiler/")
 
-    def _profile_column(self, dbt_adapter: DbtAdapter, relation, column):
+    def _profile_column(self, dbt_adapter, relation, column):
 
         sql_template = r"""
         select
@@ -116,24 +116,11 @@ def _profile_column(self, dbt_adapter: DbtAdapter, relation, column):
                     e = RecceException('No profile diff result due to the model is empty.', False)
             raise e
 
-    def _to_dataframe(self, table: agate.Table):
-        import pandas as pd
-        import json
-
-        df = pd.DataFrame([row.values() for row in table.rows], columns=table.column_names)
-
-        for column_name, column_type in zip(table.column_names, table.column_types):
-            if column_name.lower() == 'not_null_proportion':
-                df[column_name] = df[column_name].astype('float')
-            if column_name.lower() == 'distinct_proportion':
-                df[column_name] = df[column_name].astype('float')
-        result_json = df.to_json(orient='table')
-        return json.loads(result_json)
-
     def cancel(self):
         super().cancel()
 
         if self.connection:
+            from recce.adapter.dbt_adapter import DbtAdapter
             dbt_adapter: DbtAdapter = default_context().adapter
             with dbt_adapter.connection_named("cancel"):
                 dbt_adapter.cancel(self.connection)
diff --git a/recce/tasks/query.py b/recce/tasks/query.py
index 3b99ad1f..a06d40f1 100644
--- a/recce/tasks/query.py
+++ b/recce/tasks/query.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+import typing
 from typing import TypedDict, Optional, Tuple, List
 
-import agate
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from .core import Task, TaskResultDiffer
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 QUERY_LIMIT = 2000
 
+if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import agate
+
 
 class QueryMixin:
     @classmethod
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ def execute_sql_with_limit(
         sql_template,
         base: bool = False,
         limit: Optional[int] = None
-    ) -> Tuple[agate.Table, bool]:
+    ) -> Tuple['agate.Table', bool]:
         """
         Execute a SQL template and return the result as an agate table.
         :param sql_template: SQL template to execute
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ def execute_sql_with_limit(
             raise RecceException(f"Jinja template error: line {e.lineno}: {str(e)}")
 
     @classmethod
-    def execute_sql(cls, sql_template, base: bool = False) -> agate.Table:
+    def execute_sql(cls, sql_template, base: bool = False) -> 'agate.Table':
         result, _ = cls.execute_sql_with_limit(sql_template, base)
         return result
 
diff --git a/recce/tasks/rowcount.py b/recce/tasks/rowcount.py
index fc1c73ff..e089d518 100644
--- a/recce/tasks/rowcount.py
+++ b/recce/tasks/rowcount.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from typing import TypedDict, Optional
 
-from recce.adapter.dbt_adapter import DbtAdapter
 from recce.core import default_context
 from recce.tasks import Task
 from recce.tasks.core import TaskResultDiffer
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ def __init__(self, params: RowCountDiffParams):
         self.params = params
         self.connection = None
 
-    def _query_row_count(self, dbt_adapter: DbtAdapter, model_name, base=False):
+    def _query_row_count(self, dbt_adapter, model_name, base=False):
         node = dbt_adapter.find_node_by_name(model_name, base=base)
         if node is None:
             return None
diff --git a/recce/tasks/top_k.py b/recce/tasks/top_k.py
index a7970e9e..e2f611c6 100644
--- a/recce/tasks/top_k.py
+++ b/recce/tasks/top_k.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from typing import TypedDict
 
-from recce.adapter.dbt_adapter import DbtAdapter
 from recce.core import default_context
 from recce.tasks import Task
 from recce.tasks.core import TaskResultDiffer
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ def __init__(self, params: TopKDiffParams):
         self.params = params
         self.connection = None
 
-    def _query_row_count_diff(self, dbt_adapter: DbtAdapter, base_relation, curr_relation, column):
+    def _query_row_count_diff(self, dbt_adapter, base_relation, curr_relation, column):
         """
         Query the row count of the base and current relations
 
@@ -98,6 +97,7 @@ def _query_top_k(self, dbt_adapter, base_relation, curr_relation, column, k):
 
     def execute(self):
 
+        from recce.adapter.dbt_adapter import DbtAdapter
         dbt_adapter: DbtAdapter = default_context().adapter
 
         with dbt_adapter.connection_named("query"):
diff --git a/recce/tasks/valuediff.py b/recce/tasks/valuediff.py
index c01ec34e..2927d78a 100644
--- a/recce/tasks/valuediff.py
+++ b/recce/tasks/valuediff.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
+import typing
 from typing import TypedDict, Optional, List, Union
 
-import agate
+if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import agate
+
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from .core import Task, TaskResultDiffer
 from .dataframe import DataFrame
-from ..adapter.dbt_adapter import DbtAdapter
+
 from ..core import default_context
 from ..exceptions import RecceException
 
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ def _verify_dbt_packages_deps(self, dbt_adapter):
                 self.legacy_surrogate_key = False
                 break
 
-    def _verify_primary_key(self, dbt_adapter: DbtAdapter, primary_key: Union[str, List[str]], model: str):
+    def _verify_primary_key(self, dbt_adapter, primary_key: Union[str, List[str]], model: str):
         self.update_progress(message=f"Verify primary key: {primary_key}")
         composite = True if isinstance(primary_key, List) else False
 
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ def __init__(self, params: ValueDiffParams):
         self.connection = None
         self.legacy_surrogate_key = True
 
-    def _query_value_diff(self, dbt_adpter: DbtAdapter, primary_key: Union[str, List[str]], model: str,
+    def _query_value_diff(self, dbt_adpter, primary_key: Union[str, List[str]], model: str,
                           columns: List[str] = None):
         column_groups = {}
         composite = True if isinstance(primary_key, List) else False
@@ -232,6 +235,8 @@ def execute(self):
             return self._query_value_diff(dbt_adapter, primary_key, model, columns=columns)
 
     def cancel(self):
+        from recce.adapter.dbt_adapter import DbtAdapter
+
         if self.connection:
             adapter: DbtAdapter = default_context().adapter
             with adapter.connection_named("cancel"):
@@ -290,8 +295,7 @@ def __init__(self, params: ValueDiffParams):
         self.connection = None
         self.legacy_surrogate_key = True
 
-    def _query_value_diff(self, dbt_adapter: DbtAdapter, primary_key: Union[str, List[str]], model: str,
-                          columns: List[str] = None):
+    def _query_value_diff(self, dbt_adapter, primary_key: Union[str, List[str]], model: str, columns: List[str] = None):
 
         composite = True if isinstance(primary_key, List) else False
 
@@ -356,6 +360,7 @@ def _query_value_diff(self, dbt_adapter: DbtAdapter, primary_key: Union[str, Lis
 
     def execute(self):
 
+        from recce.adapter.dbt_adapter import DbtAdapter
         dbt_adapter: DbtAdapter = default_context().adapter
 
         with dbt_adapter.connection_named("value diff"):
@@ -374,6 +379,7 @@ def execute(self):
             return self._query_value_diff(dbt_adapter, primary_key, model, columns)
 
     def cancel(self):
+        from recce.adapter.dbt_adapter import DbtAdapter
         if self.connection:
             adapter: DbtAdapter = default_context().adapter
             with adapter.connection_named("cancel"):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2568a5d8..75d581bc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ def _get_version():
           'ruamel.yaml<0.18.0',
           'click>=7.1',
           'deepdiff',
-          'dbt-core>=1.5',
           'portalocker',
           'fastapi',
           'itsdangerous',