diff --git a/.github/workflows/beam-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/beam-tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..463196b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/beam-tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: Apache Beam tests
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "main"
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
+        python-version: ["3.9"]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout source
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          architecture: x64
+
+      - name: Setup Graphviz
+        uses: ts-graphviz/setup-graphviz@v2
+
+      - name: Install
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install -e '.[test-beam]'
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          pytest -vs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mypy.yml b/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
index cce977e1..e1fac0aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
-        python-version: ["3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.12"]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 33e15aad..b871510e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ["3.9"]
         include:
           - os: "ubuntu-latest"
-            python-version: "3.11"
+            python-version: "3.12"
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source
@@ -50,4 +50,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          pytest -v --cov=cubed --cov-report=term-missing --cov-fail-under=90
+          if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Windows" ]; then
+            pytest -v
+          else
+            pytest -v --cov=cubed --cov-report=term-missing --cov-fail-under=90
+          fi
+        shell: bash
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 591ffe49..2e684665 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ coiled = [
     "s3fs",
 ]
 test = [
-    "apache-beam",  # beam but not gcsfs as tests use local beam runner
     "cubed[diagnostics,lithops]",  # modal tests separate due to conflicting package reqs
     "dill",
     "numpy_groupies",
@@ -74,6 +73,14 @@ test = [
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-mock",
 ]
+test-beam = [
+    "cubed[beam,diagnostics]",
+    "dill",
+    "numpy_groupies",
+    "pytest",
+    "pytest-cov",
+    "pytest-mock",
+]
 test-dask = [
     "cubed[dask,diagnostics]",
     "dill",