diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yml
index b20e54f..a0c75c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
     tags: ['v*']
 
 jobs:
-  build-and-test:
+  build:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: "true"
-      - name: Build wheels
+      - name: Build wheels and test
         uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.16.2
         env:
           CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.pyver }}-*
@@ -26,7 +26,3 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: wheels-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.pyver }}-${{ strategy.job-index }}
           path: wheelhouse/*
-      - name: Test
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --user wheelhouse/*.whl
-          python -m unittest discover -v -s mplib/tests
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fb42f34..bcc6943 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ skip = ["*-musllinux_*", "pp*"]
 build-frontend = "build"
 manylinux-x86_64-image = "kolinguo/mplib-build:latest"
 container-engine = { name = "docker", create-args = ["--rm"]}
+# only run tests on python3.10
+test-requires = ["trimesh", "transforms3d"]
+test-command = "python3.10 -m unittest discover -s {project}/tests"
+test-skip = ["cp37-*", "cp38-*", "cp39-*", "cp311-*", "cp312-*"]
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.linux]
 archs = ["x86_64"]