diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1df4c7b7..94557d0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,38 +8,75 @@ on:
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+  CARGO_TERM_VERBOSE: true
 
 jobs:
-  test:
+  windows:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Rust cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - name: Test
+        run: cargo test -F geo -F schemars -F reqwest --no-default-features
+  macos:
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
+      - name: Set up Rust cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - name: Install GDAL
+        run: |
+          brew update
+          brew install gdal
+      - name: Test
+        run: cargo test --all-features
+  without-gdal:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+        args: 
+          - "-p stac"
+          - "-p stac-api"
+          - "-p stac-async"
+          - "-p stac-validate"
+          - "-p stac-cli --no-default-features"
+          - "-p stac -F reqwest"
+          - "-p stac -p stac-api -F geo"
+          - "-p stac -p stac-api -F schemars"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Rust cache
         uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-      - name: Format
-        run: cargo fmt --verbose
-      - name: Build
-        run: cargo build --verbose --all-features
       - name: Test
-        run: cargo test --verbose --all-features
-  test-stac:
+        run: cargo test ${{ matrix.args }}
+  with-gdal:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        flags: ["", "--features geo", "--features reqwest", "--features schemars"]
+        args: 
+          - "-p stac -F gdal"
+          - "-p stac-cli"
+          - "--all-features"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Rust cache
         uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-      - name: Build
-        run: cargo build --verbose -p stac ${{ matrix.flags }}
+      - name: Install GDAL
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update  
+          sudo apt-get install libgdal-dev
       - name: Test
-        run: cargo test --verbose -p stac ${{ matrix.flags }}
+        run: cargo test ${{ matrix.args }}
+  format:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Rust cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - name: Format
+        run: cargo fmt --check
   doc:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
@@ -48,5 +85,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Rust cache
         uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - name: Install GDAL
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update  
+          sudo apt-get install libgdal-dev
       - name: Doc
         run: cargo doc --all-features
diff --git a/stac-cli/Cargo.toml b/stac-cli/Cargo.toml
index 735a1083..cd680c12 100644
--- a/stac-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/stac-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 keywords = ["geospatial", "stac", "metadata", "geo", "raster"]
 categories = ["science", "data-structures"]
 
+[features]
+default = ["gdal"]
+gdal = ["stac/gdal"]
+
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 console = "0.15"
@@ -18,7 +22,7 @@ indicatif = "0.17"
 reqwest = "0.12"
 serde = "1"
 serde_json = "1"
-stac = { version = "0.5", path = "../stac", features = ["gdal"] }
+stac = { version = "0.5", path = "../stac" }
 stac-api = { version = "0.3", path = "../stac-api" }
 stac-async = { version = "0.5", path = "../stac-async" }
 stac-validate = { version = "0.1", path = "../stac-validate" }
diff --git a/stac-cli/src/command.rs b/stac-cli/src/command.rs
index 3c554b26..764f4ab3 100644
--- a/stac-cli/src/command.rs
+++ b/stac-cli/src/command.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 use crate::Result;
 use clap::Subcommand;
-use stac::gdal::ItemBuilder;
 use stac_api::GetSearch;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Subcommand)]
 pub enum Command {
     /// Creates a STAC item.
+    #[cfg(feature = "gdal")]
     Create {
         /// The href of a raster data file.
         ///
@@ -113,8 +113,9 @@ impl Command {
     pub async fn execute(self) -> Result<()> {
         use Command::*;
         match self {
+            #[cfg(feature = "gdal")]
             Create { href, compact } => {
-                let builder = ItemBuilder::new(&href)?;
+                let builder = stac::gdal::ItemBuilder::new(&href)?;
                 let item = builder.into_item()?;
                 if compact {
                     println!("{}", serde_json::to_string(&item)?);