diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5d086a3ab..8c7fc459a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   
 ### Fixes
 
+* Make cv2 dependency optional
 * Edit `add_pytesseract_bbox_to_elements`'s (`ocr_only` strategy) `metadata.coordinates.points` return type to `Tuple` for consistency.
 * Re-enable test-ingest-confluence-diff for ingest tests
 * Fix syntax for ingest test check number of files
diff --git a/unstructured/__version__.py b/unstructured/__version__.py
index b71dbff24..e65925396 100644
--- a/unstructured/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.10.9-dev3"
+__version__ = "0.10.9-dev3"  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/unstructured/partition/utils/xycut.py b/unstructured/partition/utils/xycut.py
index c95ab2dc6..52b669369 100644
--- a/unstructured/partition/utils/xycut.py
+++ b/unstructured/partition/utils/xycut.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from typing import List
 
-import cv2
 import numpy as np
 
+from unstructured.utils import requires_dependencies
+
 """
 
 This module contains the implementation of the XY-Cut sorting approach
@@ -157,7 +158,10 @@ def bbox2points(bbox):
     return [left, top, right, top, right, bottom, left, bottom]
 
 
+@requires_dependencies("cv2")
 def vis_polygon(img, points, thickness=2, color=None):
+    import cv2
+
     br2bl_color = color
     tl2tr_color = color
     tr2br_color = color
@@ -196,6 +200,7 @@ def vis_polygon(img, points, thickness=2, color=None):
     return img
 
 
+@requires_dependencies("cv2")
 def vis_points(
     img: np.ndarray,
     points,
@@ -206,13 +211,15 @@ def vis_points(
 
     Args:
         img:
-        points: [N, 8]  8: x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3,x3,y4
+        points: [N, 8]  8: x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3,x4,y4
         texts:
         color:
 
     Returns:
 
     """
+    import cv2
+
     points = np.array(points)
     assert len(texts) == points.shape[0]