diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests/action.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests/action.yml
index 9fd65c70..6140cb5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests/action.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Install lancedb
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        pip3 install $(ls target/wheels/lancedb-*.whl)[tests,dev,embeddings]
+        pip3 install $(ls target/wheels/lancedb-*.whl)[tests,dev]
     - name: pytest
       shell: bash
       run: pytest -m "not slow" -x -v --durations=30 python/python/tests
diff --git a/python/python/lancedb/query.py b/python/python/lancedb/query.py
index 0064ba7f..840b8830 100644
--- a/python/python/lancedb/query.py
+++ b/python/python/lancedb/query.py
@@ -336,10 +336,8 @@ class LanceQueryBuilder(ABC):
         LanceQueryBuilder
             The LanceQueryBuilder object.
         """
-        if isinstance(columns, list):
+        if isinstance(columns, list) or isinstance(columns, dict):
             self._columns = columns
-        elif isinstance(columns, dict):
-            self._columns = list(columns.items())
         else:
             raise ValueError("columns must be a list or a dictionary")
         return self
diff --git a/python/python/tests/test_query.py b/python/python/tests/test_query.py
index ed88f9c7..d1a08666 100644
--- a/python/python/tests/test_query.py
+++ b/python/python/tests/test_query.py
@@ -94,6 +94,17 @@ def test_query_builder(table):
     assert all(np.array(rs[0]["vector"]) == [1, 2])
 
 
+def test_dynamic_projection(table):
+    rs = (
+        LanceVectorQueryBuilder(table, [0, 0], "vector")
+        .limit(1)
+        .select({"id": "id", "id2": "id * 2"})
+        .to_list()
+    )
+    assert rs[0]["id"] == 1
+    assert rs[0]["id2"] == 2
+
+
 def test_query_builder_with_filter(table):
     rs = LanceVectorQueryBuilder(table, [0, 0], "vector").where("id = 2").to_list()
     assert rs[0]["id"] == 2