diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 68d51b23..c759726b 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -90,7 +90,11 @@ def get_date():
 
 
 def assert_tools_simple_stream_content(chat_fun: ChatFun):
-    from mcp.types import ToolAnnotations
+    try:
+        from mcp.types import ToolAnnotations
+    except ImportError:
+        pytest.skip("mcp is not installed")
+        return
 
     chat = chat_fun(system_prompt="Be very terse, not even punctuation.")
 
diff --git a/tests/test_tool_from_mcp.py b/tests/test_tool_from_mcp.py
index e6fc2936..f620a83d 100644
--- a/tests/test_tool_from_mcp.py
+++ b/tests/test_tool_from_mcp.py
@@ -448,7 +448,11 @@ def test_mcp_tool_input_schema_conversion(self):
 
     def test_from_mcp_with_annotations(self):
         """Test creating a Tool from MCP tool with annotations."""
-        from mcp.types import ToolAnnotations
+        try:
+            from mcp.types import ToolAnnotations
+        except ImportError:
+            pytest.skip("mcp is not installed")
+            return
 
         mcp_tool = self.create_mock_mcp_tool(
             name="dangerous_tool",