diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
index 5857d8fdea97..7e736e1a7afb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies.yml
@@ -56,3 +56,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd dev/depcheck
           cargo run
+
+  detect-unused-dependencies:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: amd64/rust
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8  # v5.0.0
+      - name: Install cargo-machete
+        run: cargo install cargo-machete --version ^0.9 --locked
+      - name: Detect unused dependencies
+        run: cargo machete --with-metadata
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 05c70d83b8d6..3ab53eb85970 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1918,7 +1918,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "datafusion-physical-expr",
  "datafusion-physical-expr-common",
  "datafusion-physical-plan",
- "datafusion-session",
  "futures",
  "log",
  "object_store",
diff --git a/datafusion/catalog-listing/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/catalog-listing/Cargo.toml
index 38b843dec50b..69f952ae9840 100644
--- a/datafusion/catalog-listing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/catalog-listing/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ datafusion-expr = { workspace = true }
 datafusion-physical-expr = { workspace = true }
 datafusion-physical-expr-common = { workspace = true }
 datafusion-physical-plan = { workspace = true }
-datafusion-session = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 object_store = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/datafusion/core/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/core/Cargo.toml
index b4534459f6b1..d93779d10965 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ sysinfo = "0.37.1"
 test-utils = { path = "../../test-utils" }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "parking_lot", "fs"] }
 
+[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
+ignored = ["datafusion-doc", "datafusion-macros", "dashmap"]
+
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))'.dev-dependencies]
 nix = { version = "0.30.1", features = ["fs"] }
 
diff --git a/datafusion/wasmtest/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/wasmtest/Cargo.toml
index dca98a7e385e..c1b2f927e30c 100644
--- a/datafusion/wasmtest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/wasmtest/Cargo.toml
@@ -61,3 +61,6 @@ object_store = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
 wasm-bindgen-test = "0.3.54"
+
+[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
+ignored = ["chrono", "getrandom"]