diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/build.yml b/.gitlab/ci/build.yml
index ce6ccfd276..6147e13503 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/build.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/build.yml
@@ -309,7 +309,11 @@ generate_build_child_pipeline:
       - non_test_related_apps.txt
     expire_in: 1 week
     when: always
+  variables:
+    PYTEST_IGNORE_COLLECT_IMPORT_ERROR: "1"
   script:
+    # requires basic pytest dependencies
+    - run_cmd bash install.sh --enable-pytest
     - run_cmd python tools/ci/dynamic_pipelines/scripts/generate_build_child_pipeline.py
 
 build_child_pipeline:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/pre_check.yml b/.gitlab/ci/pre_check.yml
index 31dfb07266..2acc5ef0bf 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/pre_check.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/pre_check.yml
@@ -117,8 +117,10 @@ check_test_scripts_build_test_rules:
   extends:
     - .pre_check_template
     - .before_script:build
+  variables:
+    PYTEST_IGNORE_COLLECT_IMPORT_ERROR: "1"
   script:
-    # required pytest related packages
+    # requires basic pytest dependencies
     - run_cmd bash install.sh --enable-pytest
     - python tools/ci/check_build_test_rules.py check-test-scripts examples/ tools/test_apps components
 
diff --git a/tools/ci/python_packages/common_test_methods.py b/tools/ci/python_packages/common_test_methods.py
index 80392fbc27..fe5db2a9e7 100644
--- a/tools/ci/python_packages/common_test_methods.py
+++ b/tools/ci/python_packages/common_test_methods.py
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
 import logging
 import os
 import socket
-from typing import Any, List
+from typing import Any
+from typing import List
+
+try:
+    import netifaces
+except ImportError:
+    from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+    netifaces = MagicMock()
+    logging.warning('netifaces is not installed. Please install it to get network interface information.')
 
-import netifaces
 import yaml
 
 ENV_CONFIG_FILE_SEARCH = [
diff --git a/tools/requirements/requirements.ci.txt b/tools/requirements/requirements.ci.txt
index fa1ac259d4..dfec5b20fc 100644
--- a/tools/requirements/requirements.ci.txt
+++ b/tools/requirements/requirements.ci.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ pyyaml
 SimpleWebSocketServer
 pylint-gitlab
 minio
+prettytable