diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
index a5d7717d..5e3b280f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,32 @@ env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
 
 jobs:
+  release-package-sanity:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    name: Release package sanity test
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10.x'
+      - name: Install build dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip poetry
+      - name: Build package
+        run: |
+          poetry build
+      - name: Check installed release package
+        run: |
+          python -m venv .release-smoke
+          . .release-smoke/bin/activate
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install dist/qdrant_client-*.whl
+          python tools/check_release_package.py dist/qdrant_client-*.whl
+        shell: bash
+
   test:
 
     strategy:
@@ -26,9 +52,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} on ${{ matrix.os }} test
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install jq
diff --git a/tools/check_release_package.py b/tools/check_release_package.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81d1c2b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/check_release_package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import importlib
+import importlib.metadata
+import pkgutil
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def remove_repo_from_sys_path() -> None:
+    """Remove repository paths so imports resolve from the installed distribution."""
+
+    repo_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+    excluded_paths = {
+        str(repo_root),
+        str(repo_root / "tools"),
+    }
+
+    normalized_excluded = {str(Path(path).resolve()) for path in excluded_paths}
+    sanitized_sys_path: list[str] = []
+    for entry in sys.path:
+        if entry == "":
+            continue
+
+        try:
+            resolved = str(Path(entry).resolve())
+        except OSError:
+            sanitized_sys_path.append(entry)
+            continue
+
+        if resolved not in normalized_excluded:
+            sanitized_sys_path.append(entry)
+
+    sys.path[:] = sanitized_sys_path
+
+
+def get_distribution_requirements() -> list[str]:
+    """Return the installed qdrant-client distribution requirements."""
+
+    for distribution in importlib.metadata.distributions():
+        name = distribution.metadata.get("Name", "")
+        if name in {"qdrant-client", "qdrant_client"}:
+            return distribution.requires or []
+
+    raise RuntimeError("Installed qdrant-client distribution metadata was not found")
+
+
+def check_runtime_dependencies() -> None:
+    """Fail if pytest leaks into the installed runtime requirements."""
+
+    requirements = get_distribution_requirements()
+    pytest_requirements = [requirement for requirement in requirements if "pytest" in requirement.lower()]
+    if pytest_requirements:
+        joined = ", ".join(pytest_requirements)
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Unexpected pytest runtime dependency found: {joined}")
+
+
+def import_non_test_modules() -> None:
+    """Import installed non-test qdrant_client modules and collect failures."""
+
+    import qdrant_client
+
+    failed_imports: list[tuple[str, str]] = []
+    for module in sorted(
+        {
+            module_info.name
+            for module_info in pkgutil.walk_packages(
+                qdrant_client.__path__,
+                prefix=f"{qdrant_client.__name__}.",
+            )
+            if ".tests" not in module_info.name
+        }
+    ):
+        try:
+            importlib.import_module(module)
+        except Exception as exc:  # pragma: no cover - script exits on failure
+            failed_imports.append((module, repr(exc)))
+
+    if failed_imports:
+        details = "\n".join(f"{module}: {error}" for module, error in failed_imports)
+        raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to import installed package modules:\n{details}")
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    """Run release package sanity checks for a built wheel."""
+
+    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+        raise SystemExit("Usage: python tools/check_release_package.py <wheel-path>")
+
+    wheel_path = Path(sys.argv[1])
+    if not wheel_path.exists():
+        raise SystemExit(f"Wheel not found: {wheel_path}")
+
+    remove_repo_from_sys_path()
+    check_runtime_dependencies()
+    import_non_test_modules()
+    print(f"Release package sanity checks passed for {wheel_path.name}")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())