diff --git a/src/crewai_tools/tools/linkup/linkup_search_tool.py b/src/crewai_tools/tools/linkup/linkup_search_tool.py
index 3106a7c0c..b172ad029 100644
--- a/src/crewai_tools/tools/linkup/linkup_search_tool.py
+++ b/src/crewai_tools/tools/linkup/linkup_search_tool.py
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
+from typing import Any
+
 try:
     from linkup import LinkupClient
     LINKUP_AVAILABLE = True
 except ImportError:
     LINKUP_AVAILABLE = False
+    LinkupClient = Any  # type placeholder when package is not available
 
 from pydantic import PrivateAttr
 
 class LinkupSearchTool:
     name: str = "Linkup Search Tool"
     description: str = "Performs an API call to Linkup to retrieve contextual information."
-    _client: LinkupClient = PrivateAttr()
+    _client: LinkupClient = PrivateAttr() # type: ignore
 
     def __init__(self, api_key: str):
         """
diff --git a/src/crewai_tools/tools/weaviate_tool/vector_search.py b/src/crewai_tools/tools/weaviate_tool/vector_search.py
index ab80b6ce1..a9c7ce519 100644
--- a/src/crewai_tools/tools/weaviate_tool/vector_search.py
+++ b/src/crewai_tools/tools/weaviate_tool/vector_search.py
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
+from typing import Any, Type, Optional
 import os
 import json
-import weaviate
-from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
-from typing import Type, Optional
-from crewai.tools import BaseTool
+try:
+    import weaviate
+    from weaviate.classes.config import Configure, Vectorizers
+    from weaviate.classes.init import Auth
+    WEAVIATE_AVAILABLE = True
+except ImportError:
+    WEAVIATE_AVAILABLE = False
+    weaviate = Any  # type placeholder
+    Configure = Any
+    Vectorizers = Any
+    Auth = Any
 
-from weaviate.classes.config import Configure, Vectorizers
-from weaviate.classes.init import Auth
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+from crewai.tools import BaseTool
 
 
 class WeaviateToolSchema(BaseModel):
@@ -51,14 +59,11 @@ class WeaviateVectorSearchTool(BaseTool):
     )
 
     def _run(self, query: str) -> str:
-        """Search the Weaviate database
-
-        Args:
-            query (str): The query to search retrieve relevant information from the Weaviate database. Pass only the query as a string, not the question.
-
-        Returns:
-            str: The result of the search query
-        """
+        if not WEAVIATE_AVAILABLE:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "The 'weaviate-client' package is required to use the WeaviateVectorSearchTool. "
+                "Please install it with: uv add weaviate-client"
+            )
 
         if not self.weaviate_cluster_url or not self.weaviate_api_key:
             raise ValueError("WEAVIATE_URL or WEAVIATE_API_KEY is not set")