diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index d366040f..efb2f719 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         DDDD=$(pwd)
         pytest ${DDDD}/tests/pytest
+        pytest ${DDDD}/apps
 
     - name: Dumb Smoke Test
       run: |
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0317010e..e151812b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ test: .venv
 	. .venv/bin/activate ; \
 	    flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics --exclude .venv,build,tmp,experiments ;
 	. .venv/bin/activate ; \
-        pytest tests/pytest
+        pytest tests/pytest apps
 	mkdir -p tmp
 	wget -O tmp/test.input.001.bin https://github.com/ceccopierangiolieugenio/binaryRepo/raw/master/pyTermTk/tests/test.input.001.bin
 	wget -O tmp/test.input.002.bin https://github.com/ceccopierangiolieugenio/binaryRepo/raw/master/pyTermTk/tests/test.input.002.bin
diff --git a/apps/ttkode/tests/conftest.py b/apps/ttkode/tests/conftest.py
index 4c985200..610c0173 100644
--- a/apps/ttkode/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/apps/ttkode/tests/conftest.py
@@ -30,6 +30,21 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../../../libs/pyTerm
 # Add the ttkode package path
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
 
+# Reuse the pytest mocks used by the core test suite
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../../../tests/pytest'))
+
+from mock_term import Mock_TTkTerm
+from mock_input import Mock_TTkInput
+
+moduleTerm = type(sys)('TermTk.TTkCore.drivers.term_unix_common')
+moduleTerm._TTkTerm = Mock_TTkTerm
+
+moduleInput = type(sys)('TermTk.TTkCore.TTkTerm.input')
+moduleInput.TTkInput = Mock_TTkInput
+
+sys.modules['TermTk.TTkCore.drivers.term_unix_common'] = moduleTerm
+sys.modules['TermTk.TTkCore.TTkTerm.input'] = moduleInput
+
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def reset_plugin_instances():
     """Reset plugin instances before each test to avoid state leakage."""
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index b541384b..84bb20ef 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ backports.tarfile==1.2.0
 beautifulsoup4==4.13.4
 build==1.2.2.post1
 certifi==2025.4.26
-cffi==1.17.1
+cffi
 charset-normalizer==3.4.2
 cryptography==46.0.5
 css-html-js-minify==2.5.5