diff --git a/.github/workflows/notebook-test.yml b/.github/workflows/notebook-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..733e2144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/notebook-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Notebook tests
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  run:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Test notebooks with nbmake
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.9'
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: '8'
+          distribution: 'zulu'
+      - name: Install test dependencies
+        run: |
+          python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python3 -m pip install -e ".[test]"
+          python3 -m pip install pyimagej
+          python3 -c "import imagej; ij = imagej.init('2.5.0'); print(ij.getVersion())"
+      - name: Test notebooks
+        run: |
+          pytest --nbmake --nbmake-timeout=3000  examples/*ipynb
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7517a2c8..efd10c94 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ keywords = [
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 dependencies = [
     "itkwasm >= 1.0b1",
-    "imjoy-rpc >= 0.5.13",
+    "imjoy-rpc >= 0.5.16",
     "imjoy-utils >= 0.1.2",
     "numcodecs",
     "multiscale_spatial_image >= 0.10.1",
@@ -68,5 +68,6 @@ notebook = [
 ]
 test = [
     "pytest >=2.7.3",
+    "nbmake",
 ]
 doc = ["sphinx"]