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+---
+name: Check Dependencies in Pyproject.toml
+
+# Controls when the action will run.
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    types: trigger-run-check-dependencies
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
+  build:
+    # The type of runner that the job will run on
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python: [ "3.9", "3.10" ]
+
+    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
+    steps:
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        name: setup python environment
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+
+      # this step we remove and rebuild the poetry.lock file to ensure that the tests that follow can be run
+      # with the latest dependencies
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install poetry
+          rm -rf poetry.lock
+          poetry install 
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          poetry run make test
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