diff --git a/.codecov.yml b/.codecov.yml
index 38f09551..2db729c3 100644
--- a/.codecov.yml
+++ b/.codecov.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ coverage:
     # https://codecov.readme.io/v1.0/docs/commit-status
     project:
       default:
+        informational: true
         target: 99% # specify the target coverage for each commit status
         threshold: 30% # allow this little decrease on project
         # https://github.com/codecov/support/wiki/Filtering-Branches
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ coverage:
     # https://github.com/codecov/support/wiki/Patch-Status
     patch:
       default:
+        informational: true
         target: 50% # specify the target "X%" coverage to hit
         # threshold: 50% # allow this much decrease on patch
     changes: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-cli.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-cli.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b1ed729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-cli.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: Test CLI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, "release/*"]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, "release/*"]
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+jobs:
+  test-cli:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "windows-latest"]
+        python-version: ["3.10"]
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout 🛎
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python 🐍 ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: install package
+        run: |
+          pip install -e '.[cli]'
+          pip list
+
+      - name: run CLI
+        working-directory: ./scripts
+        run: |
+          python -m lightning_utilities.cli version
+          python -m lightning_utilities.cli --help
+
+  cli-guardian:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: test-cli
+    if: always()
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "${{ needs.test-cli.result }}"
+      - name: failing...
+        if: needs.test-cli.result == 'failure'
+        run: exit 1
+      - name: cancelled or skipped...
+        if: contains(fromJSON('["cancelled", "skipped"]'), needs.test-cli.result)
+        timeout-minutes: 1
+        run: sleep 90
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-scripts.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-scripts.yml
index aa1838f5..1c626c37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-scripts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-scripts.yml
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: ["ubuntu-22.04", "macos-13", "windows-2022"]
-        python-version: ["3.8", "3.12"]
-    timeout-minutes: 35
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "windows-latest"]
+        python-version: ["3.10"]
+    timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
       - name: Checkout 🛎
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
       - name: Set up Python 🐍 ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4a35df5e..f13f9c77 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - CI: split and rename `custom-import` to `custom-import-code` ([#325](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/pull/325))
 
+### Fixed
+
+- fixed missing package's CLI ([#332](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/pull/332))
+
 
 ## [0.11.8] - 2024-10-15
 
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index d1364248..dbf9643b 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 include CHANGELOG.md
 recursive-include src py.typed
-graft src/lightning_utilities/test
+
 graft requirements
-prune src/lightning_utilities/cli
diff --git a/src/lightning_utilities/cli/__main__.py b/src/lightning_utilities/cli/__main__.py
index 1da7e88c..a0416b5f 100644
--- a/src/lightning_utilities/cli/__main__.py
+++ b/src/lightning_utilities/cli/__main__.py
@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 #     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 #
-import fire
 
+import lightning_utilities
 from lightning_utilities.cli.dependencies import prune_pkgs_in_requirements, replace_oldest_ver
 
 
 def main() -> None:
     """CLI entry point."""
-    fire.Fire({
+    from fire import Fire
+
+    Fire({
         "requirements": {
             "prune-pkgs": prune_pkgs_in_requirements,
             "set-oldest": replace_oldest_ver,
-        }
+        },
+        "version": lambda: print(lightning_utilities.__version__),
     })