diff --git a/ci/test_wheel.sh b/ci/test_wheel.sh
index e20e3141..d35e8e8c 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel.sh
@@ -11,20 +11,12 @@ export RAPIDS_CUDA_MAJOR
 
 DASK_CUDA_WHEELHOUSE=$(rapids-download-from-github "$(rapids-package-name "wheel_python" "dask-cuda" --pure)")
 
-# Install cuda-suffixed dependencies b/c while `dask-cuda` has no cuda suffix, the test dependencies do
-rapids-dependency-file-generator \
-    --output requirements \
-    --file-key "test_python" \
-    --matrix "cuda=${RAPIDS_CUDA_VERSION%.*};arch=$(arch);py=${RAPIDS_PY_VERSION};cuda_suffixed=true" \
-| tee /tmp/requirements-test.txt
-
 rapids-logger "Installing test dependencies"
 # echo to expand wildcard
 rapids-pip-retry install \
   -v \
   --prefer-binary \
-  -r /tmp/requirements-test.txt \
-  "$(echo "${DASK_CUDA_WHEELHOUSE}"/dask_cuda*.whl)[cu${RAPIDS_CUDA_MAJOR}]"
+  "$(echo "${DASK_CUDA_WHEELHOUSE}"/dask_cuda*.whl)[cu${RAPIDS_CUDA_MAJOR},test,test-cu${RAPIDS_CUDA_MAJOR}]"
 
 RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR=${RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR:-"${PWD}/test-results"}
 mkdir -p "${RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR}"
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index ca17136c..c00b432c 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ files:
       - cuda_version
       - py_version
       - test_python
+      - test_python_cuda
       - depends_on_dask_cuda
   checks:
     output: none
@@ -61,6 +62,30 @@ files:
       key: cu13
     includes:
       - extra_cu13
+  py_test:
+    output: pyproject
+    pyproject_dir: .
+    extras:
+      table: project.optional-dependencies
+      key: test
+    includes:
+      - test_python
+  py_test_cu12:
+    output: pyproject
+    pyproject_dir: .
+    extras:
+      table: project.optional-dependencies
+      key: test-cu12
+    includes:
+      - test_python_cu12
+  py_test_cu13:
+    output: pyproject
+    pyproject_dir: .
+    extras:
+      table: project.optional-dependencies
+      key: test-cu13
+    includes:
+      - test_python_cu13
   py_run:
     output: pyproject
     pyproject_dir: .
@@ -196,13 +221,14 @@ dependencies:
           - &dask_cudf_unsuffixed dask-cudf==26.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - &distributed_ucxx_unsuffixed distributed-ucxx==0.48.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - &kvikio_unsuffixed kvikio==26.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
+  test_python_cuda:
     specific:
       - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
         matrices:
           - matrix:
               cuda: "12.*"
               cuda_suffixed: "true"
-            packages:
+            packages: &test_python_cu12
               - cudf-cu12==26.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
               - dask-cudf-cu12==26.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
               - distributed-ucxx-cu12==0.48.*,>=0.0.0a0
@@ -210,7 +236,7 @@ dependencies:
           - matrix:
               cuda: "13.*"
               cuda_suffixed: "true"
-            packages:
+            packages: &test_python_cu13
               - cudf-cu13==26.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
               - dask-cudf-cu13==26.2.*,>=0.0.0a0
               - distributed-ucxx-cu13==0.48.*,>=0.0.0a0
@@ -221,6 +247,14 @@ dependencies:
               - *dask_cudf_unsuffixed
               - *distributed_ucxx_unsuffixed
               - *kvikio_unsuffixed
+  test_python_cu12:
+    common:
+      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
+        packages: *test_python_cu12
+  test_python_cu13:
+    common:
+      - output_types: [requirements, pyproject]
+        packages: *test_python_cu13
   depends_on_dask_cuda:
     common:
       - output_types: conda
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bc231fd8..fb84c5a7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -61,6 +61,24 @@ cu13 = [
     "cuda-core[cu13]==0.3.*",
     "numba-cuda[cu13]>=0.19.1,<0.20.0a0",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
+test = [
+    "pytest",
+    "pytest-cov",
+    "pytest-rerunfailures!=16.0.0",
+    "pytest-timeout",
+] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
+test-cu12 = [
+    "cudf-cu12==26.2.*,>=0.0.0a0",
+    "dask-cudf-cu12==26.2.*,>=0.0.0a0",
+    "distributed-ucxx-cu12==0.48.*,>=0.0.0a0",
+    "kvikio-cu12==26.2.*,>=0.0.0a0",
+] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
+test-cu13 = [
+    "cudf-cu13==26.2.*,>=0.0.0a0",
+    "dask-cudf-cu13==26.2.*,>=0.0.0a0",
+    "distributed-ucxx-cu13==0.48.*,>=0.0.0a0",
+    "kvikio-cu13==26.2.*,>=0.0.0a0",
+] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/rapidsai/dask-cuda"