diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index edbce9c051..ce6bba03fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,25 +1,39 @@
 name: Test overpass-api-python-wrapper
 
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 5
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        sudo apt-get install libgeos-dev
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install tox tox-gh-actions
-    - name: Test with tox
-      run: tox
\ No newline at end of file
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install Poetry
+        run: |
+          curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
+
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y libgeos-dev
+
+      - name: Install project dependencies
+        run: poetry install --no-root --sync
+
+      - name: Run tests with tox
+        run: poetry run tox
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3d2579d726..c276c9cc6a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ pip-log.txt
 docs/_build/
 Pipfile.lock
 venv/
+.tox
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 1a0f75940a..2cde21fd88 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -143,6 +143,24 @@ files = [
     {file = "colorama-0.4.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:08695f5cb7ed6e0531a20572697297273c47b8cae5a63ffc6d6ed5c201be6e44"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "deepdiff"
+version = "7.0.1"
+description = "Deep Difference and Search of any Python object/data. Recreate objects by adding adding deltas to each other."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "deepdiff-7.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:447760081918216aa4fd4ca78a4b6a848b81307b2ea94c810255334b759e1dc3"},
+    {file = "deepdiff-7.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:260c16f052d4badbf60351b4f77e8390bee03a0b516246f6839bc813fb429ddf"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+ordered-set = ">=4.1.0,<4.2.0"
+
+[package.extras]
+cli = ["click (==8.1.7)", "pyyaml (==6.0.1)"]
+optimize = ["orjson"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "distlib"
 version = "0.3.8"
@@ -271,6 +289,20 @@ files = [
     {file = "numpy-2.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:485b87235796410c3519a699cfe1faab097e509e90ebb05dcd098db2ae87e7b3"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ordered-set"
+version = "4.1.0"
+description = "An OrderedSet is a custom MutableSet that remembers its order, so that every"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "ordered-set-4.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:694a8e44c87657c59292ede72891eb91d34131f6531463aab3009191c77364a8"},
+    {file = "ordered_set-4.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:046e1132c71fcf3330438a539928932caf51ddbc582496833e23de611de14562"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+dev = ["black", "mypy", "pytest"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "osm2geojson"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -389,6 +421,23 @@ urllib3 = ">=1.21.1,<3"
 socks = ["PySocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7)"]
 use-chardet-on-py3 = ["chardet (>=3.0.2,<6)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "requests-mock"
+version = "1.12.1"
+description = "Mock out responses from the requests package"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.5"
+files = [
+    {file = "requests-mock-1.12.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e9e12e333b525156e82a3c852f22016b9158220d2f47454de9cae8a77d371401"},
+    {file = "requests_mock-1.12.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b1e37054004cdd5e56c84454cc7df12b25f90f382159087f4b6915aaeef39563"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+requests = ">=2.22,<3"
+
+[package.extras]
+fixture = ["fixtures"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shapely"
 version = "2.0.5"
@@ -519,4 +568,4 @@ test = ["covdefaults (>=2.3)", "coverage (>=7.2.7)", "coverage-enable-subprocess
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">3.9, <3.12"
-content-hash = "6bd263541e92433bc8567ed5d8faf010a500b5d73f1ffe91959443f646a0b369"
+content-hash = "cbde58fd145ca379e13dd16d277aa51a4bebe0eb205fb9e55909cf7ddad3b2cf"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index da5e91dba2..0ac1685a41 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ python = ">3.9, <3.12"
 osm2geojson = "^0.2.5"
 requests = "^2.32.3"
 
-[tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
-pytest = "^7.4.0"
-tox = "^4.6.3"
-
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
+pytest = "^7.4.0"
 geojson = "^3.1.0"
+requests-mock = { extras = ["fixtures"], version = "^1.12.1" }
+deepdiff = "^7.0.1"
+tox = "^4.17.1"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["poetry-core"]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 52a31908a6..0000000000
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-pytest>=7.4.0
-requests-mock[fixture]
-tox>=4.6.3
-geojson>=1.3.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a05501a0c..0000000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-osm2geojson>=0.1.30
-requests>=2.31.0
diff --git a/tests/example_live.json b/tests/example_live.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14a785afbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/example_live.json
@@ -0,0 +1,367 @@
+{
+  "type": "FeatureCollection",
+  "generator": "overpass-turbo",
+  "copyright": "The data included in this document is from www.openstreetmap.org. The data is made available under ODbL.",
+  "timestamp": "2024-08-10T18:01:43Z",
+  "features": [
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diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index 8a01f3a298..73f90a9152 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 from typing import Tuple, Union
 
 import geojson
-import overpass
 import pytest
+from deepdiff import DeepDiff
+
+import overpass
 
 USE_LIVE_API = bool(os.getenv("USE_LIVE_API", "false"))
 
@@ -105,9 +107,16 @@ def test_geojson_live():
         "rel(6518385);out body geom;way(10322303);out body geom;node(4927326183);",
         verbosity="body geom",
     )
-    with Path("tests/example.geojson").open("r") as fp:
-        ref_geo = geojson.load(fp)
-    assert osm_geo == ref_geo
+
+    with Path("tests/example_live.json").open("r") as fp:
+        ref_geo = json.load(fp)
+
+    # assert that the dictionaries are the same
+    # diff = DeepDiff(osm_geo, ref_geo, include_paths="[root]['features']")
+    diff = DeepDiff(osm_geo, ref_geo, include_paths="[root]['features']")
+    print(diff if diff else "No differences found")
+
+    assert not diff
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 235ed60c80..74c7ce7386 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py{38,39,310,311}
+envlist = py{39,310,311}
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 
 [testenv]
-deps = -r requirements-dev.txt
-commands = python -m pytest
+allowlist_externals = poetry
+commands_pre =
+    poetry install --no-root --sync
+commands =
+    poetry run pytest tests/ --import-mode importlib
 
 [gh-actions]
 python =
-    3.8: py38
     3.9: py39
     3.10: py310
     3.11: py311
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