diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_destinations.yml b/.github/workflows/test_destinations.yml
index cfd0a3bd56..84a8f95d71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_destinations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_destinations.yml
@@ -77,8 +77,13 @@ jobs:
       #     key: venv-${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}-redshift
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        # if: steps.cached-poetry-dependencies.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: poetry install --no-interaction -E redshift -E postgis -E postgres -E gs -E s3 -E az -E parquet -E duckdb -E cli -E filesystem --with sentry-sdk --with pipeline,ibis -E deltalake
+        run: poetry install --no-interaction -E redshift -E postgis -E postgres -E gs -E s3 -E az -E parquet -E duckdb -E cli -E filesystem --with sentry-sdk --with pipeline,ibis -E deltalake -E pyiceberg
+
+      - name: enable certificates for azure and duckdb
+        run: sudo mkdir -p /etc/pki/tls/certs && sudo ln -s /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
+
+      - name: Upgrade sqlalchemy
+        run: poetry run pip install sqlalchemy==2.0.18  # minimum version required by `pyiceberg`
 
       - name: create secrets.toml
         run: pwd && echo "$DLT_SECRETS_TOML" > tests/.dlt/secrets.toml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_local_destinations.yml b/.github/workflows/test_local_destinations.yml
index 6f44e5fd5a..706bae1b0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_local_destinations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_local_destinations.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ jobs:
           key: venv-${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}-local-destinations
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: poetry install --no-interaction -E postgres -E postgis -E duckdb -E parquet -E filesystem -E cli -E weaviate -E qdrant -E sftp --with sentry-sdk --with pipeline,ibis -E deltalake
+        run: poetry install --no-interaction -E postgres -E postgis -E duckdb -E parquet -E filesystem -E cli -E weaviate -E qdrant -E sftp --with sentry-sdk --with pipeline,ibis -E deltalake -E pyiceberg
+
+      - name: Upgrade sqlalchemy
+        run: poetry run pip install sqlalchemy==2.0.18  # minimum version required by `pyiceberg`
 
       - name: Start SFTP server
         run: docker compose -f "tests/load/filesystem_sftp/docker-compose.yml" up -d
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 8539b3d6a4..25dbf5a3b2 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -10727,4 +10727,4 @@ weaviate = ["weaviate-client"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8.1,<3.13"
-content-hash = "a7cd6b599326d80b5beb8d4a3d3e3b4074eda6dc53daa5c296ef8d54002c5f78"
+content-hash = "84e8b8eccd9b8ee104a2dc08f5b83987aeb06540d61330390ce849cc1ad6acb4"