diff --git a/python_repositories/adapters/minio_adapter.py b/python_repositories/adapters/minio_adapter.py
index 560ca2c..ada3196 100644
--- a/python_repositories/adapters/minio_adapter.py
+++ b/python_repositories/adapters/minio_adapter.py
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 import os
 from io import BytesIO
-
 import structlog
-from minio import Minio, S3Error
-
 from python_utils import check_env
 
 from python_repositories.interfaces import (
@@ -28,6 +25,11 @@ class MinioAdapter(
     chunk_size: int = 5 * 2**20  # 5 MiB
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
+        # Import here to avoid hard dependency if MinioAdapter is not used
+        try:
+            from minio import Minio, S3Error  # type: ignore[import]
+        except ImportError as e:
+            raise RuntimeError("MinioAdapter dependencies missing") from e
         # Setup logger
         self.logger = structlog.get_logger(
             self.__class__.__name__,
diff --git a/python_repositories/adapters/redis_adapter.py b/python_repositories/adapters/redis_adapter.py
index 660939d..1ed86d4 100644
--- a/python_repositories/adapters/redis_adapter.py
+++ b/python_repositories/adapters/redis_adapter.py
@@ -2,13 +2,9 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 from typing import cast
-
 import os
 import structlog
 
-import redis
-from redis.commands.json.path import Path as RedisPath
-
 from python_utils import check_env
 
 from python_repositories.interfaces import (
@@ -28,6 +24,12 @@ class RedisAdapter(
     encoding: str = "UTF-8"
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
+        # Import here to avoid hard dependency to optional package
+        try:
+            import redis  # type: ignore[import]
+            from redis.commands.json.path import Path as RedisPath  # type: ignore[import]
+        except ImportError as e:
+            raise RuntimeError("RedisAdapter dependencies missing") from e
         # Setup logger
         self.logger = structlog.get_logger(
             self.__class__.__name__,