diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index ea69d01d0..47768d66f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ jobs:
         run: uv python install ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - name: Install the project
-        run: uv sync --dev --all-extras
+        run: |
+          uv sync --dev --all-extras
+          uv pip uninstall pytest-vcr --quiet || true
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: uv run pytest --block-network --timeout=60 -vv
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 037d04c23..aadab881a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ dev-dependencies = [
     "pytest-randomly>=3.16.0",
     "pytest-timeout>=2.3.1",
 ]
+constraint-dependencies = [
+    "pytest-vcr; python_version>='0'",
+]
 
 [project.scripts]
 crewai = "crewai.cli.cli:crewai"
@@ -122,6 +125,17 @@ torchvision = [
   { index = "pytorch", marker = "python_version < '3.13'" },
 ]
 
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = ["tests"]
+python_files = "test_*.py"
+python_classes = "Test*"
+python_functions = "test_*"
+addopts = "--strict-markers --disable-warnings --tb=short"
+markers = [
+    "vcr: marks tests as using VCR.py for HTTP request recording",
+]
+
 [build-system]
 requires = ["hatchling"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"