diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-bonsai-daily.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-bonsai-daily.yml
index 5e1e90e8d9..5c23f7449d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-bonsai-daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-bonsai-daily.yml
@@ -179,8 +179,7 @@ jobs:
           blender --online-mode --command extension install --enable --sync sun_position
 
           cd IfcOpenShell/src/bonsai
-          pip install pytest-blender
-          pip install pytest-bdd
+          pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
           blender --background --python scripts/setup_pytest.py
           blender --python-expr "import bonsai; print(bonsai.bbim_semver); import ifcopenshell; print(ifcopenshell.version)" --background
           make test
diff --git a/src/bonsai/pyproject.toml b/src/bonsai/pyproject.toml
index 4ee183cba0..6d2fd45f19 100644
--- a/src/bonsai/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/bonsai/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "ifcopenshell",
 ]
 
-[project.optional-dependencies]
-dev = [
-  "pytest-blender",
-  "pytest-bdd",
-]
-
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "http://bonsaibim.org"
 Documentation = "https://docs.bonsaibim.org"
diff --git a/src/bonsai/requirements-dev.txt b/src/bonsai/requirements-dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d543aa164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bonsai/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pytest
+pytest-blender
+pytest-bdd