diff --git a/.github/workflows/clean-and-update.yml b/.github/workflows/clean-and-update.yml
index 68228431d..49fb496ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clean-and-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clean-and-update.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           conda config --set show_channel_urls True
           conda config --add channels conda-forge
-          conda install --yes --quiet --file conda-requirements.txt
+          conda install --yes --quiet --file conda-requirements.txt --file conda-test-requirements.txt
           git config --global user.email "79913779+conda-forge-curator[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
           git config --global user.name "conda-forge-curator[bot]"
           mkdir -p ~/.conda-smithy/ && echo $GH_TOKEN > ~/.conda-smithy/github.token
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 2be578dc7..62f923f57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           conda config --set show_channel_urls True
           conda config --add channels conda-forge
-          conda install --yes --quiet --file conda-requirements.txt
+          conda install --yes --quiet --file conda-requirements.txt --file conda-test-requirements.txt
           git config --global user.email "79913779+conda-forge-curator[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
           git config --global user.name "conda-forge-curator[bot]"
           mkdir -p ~/.conda-smithy/ && echo $GH_TOKEN > ~/.conda-smithy/github.token
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           conda config --set show_channel_urls True
           conda config --add channels conda-forge
-          conda install --yes --quiet --file conda-requirements.txt
+          conda install --yes --quiet --file conda-requirements.txt --file conda-test-requirements.txt
           git config --global user.email "79913779+conda-forge-curator[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
           git config --global user.name "conda-forge-curator[bot]"
           git config --global pull.rebase false
diff --git a/conda-requirements.txt b/conda-requirements.txt
index e2cb69a81..2a6701088 100644
--- a/conda-requirements.txt
+++ b/conda-requirements.txt
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ lxml
 mock
 parameterized
 pygithub>=2.2.0  # for GH App endpoints
-pyjwt
-pynacl
-pytest
 python=3.10.*
 pytz
 requests
diff --git a/conda-test-requirements.txt b/conda-test-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e079f8a60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conda-test-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pytest