diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8fd2022f..60d993bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -293,7 +293,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build and test
         env:
           CARGO_TARGET_X86_64_PC_WINDOWS_GNU_RUNNER: wine64
-        run: cargo test --features hdf5-sys/static --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu -- --skip test_compile_fail
+        run: cargo test --features hdf5-sys/static --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu --exclude=hdf5-derive
+      - name: Build and test hdf5-derive
+        env:
+          CARGO_TARGET_X86_64_PC_WINDOWS_GNU_RUNNER: wine64
+        run: cargo test --package hdf5-derive --features hdf5/static --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
 
   addr_san:
     name: Address sanitizer
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 609c4cbd..6f7c4f7d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ mpi-sys = "0.2"
 num-complex = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 regex = "1.10"
 # internal
+hdf5 = { version = "0.8.1", path = "hdf5" }               # !V
 hdf5-derive = { version = "0.8.1", path = "hdf5-derive" } # !V
 hdf5-src = { version = "0.8.1", path = "hdf5-src" }       # !V
 hdf5-sys = { version = "0.8.1", path = "hdf5-sys" }       # !V
diff --git a/hdf5-derive/Cargo.toml b/hdf5-derive/Cargo.toml
index f9bc18a1..801ca5f1 100644
--- a/hdf5-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hdf5-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ syn = { version = "2.0", features = ["derive", "extra-traits"]}
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 trybuild = "1.0"
-hdf5 = { version = ">=0.7.1", path = "../hdf5" }
+hdf5.workspace = true