diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yaml b/.github/workflows/testing.yaml
index 900c2219..a37490b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yaml
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}${{ matrix.dev }}
-      - name: Install pytest
+      - name: Install test requirements
         run: |
-          python -m pip install pytest pytest-cov
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -e ".[testing]"
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
-          pip install -e .
           pytest --cov=src/pyEQL --cov-report=xml
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with: