diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-macos.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-macos.yaml
index 1e4ddaca88..b0c05c2889 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-macos.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-macos.yaml
@@ -414,9 +414,9 @@ jobs:
             commitish="${{ matrix.version }}"
           fi
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install git+https://github.com/datalad/datalad@${commitish}
+          pip install datalad[devel]@git+https://github.com/datalad/datalad@${commitish}
 
-      - name: Install nose et al (just in case!)
+      - name: Install pytest et al (just in case!)
         run: pip install nose pytest vcrpy mock
 
       - name: WTF!?
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-ubuntu.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-ubuntu.yaml
index ff7091ea1d..3c2fa2c84f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-ubuntu.yaml
@@ -468,9 +468,9 @@ jobs:
             commitish="${{ matrix.version }}"
           fi
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install git+https://github.com/datalad/datalad@${commitish}
+          pip install datalad[devel]@git+https://github.com/datalad/datalad@${commitish}
 
-      - name: Install nose et al (just in case!)
+      - name: Install pytest et al (just in case!)
         run: pip install nose pytest vcrpy mock
 
       - name: WTF!?
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-windows.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-windows.yaml
index 9a61a8e73d..42132fb34a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-windows.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-windows.yaml
@@ -408,9 +408,9 @@ jobs:
             commitish="${{ matrix.version }}"
           fi
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install git+https://github.com/datalad/datalad@${commitish}
+          pip install datalad[devel]@git+https://github.com/datalad/datalad@${commitish}
 
-      - name: Install nose et al (just in case!)
+      - name: Install pytest et al (just in case!)
         run: pip install nose pytest vcrpy mock
 
       - name: WTF!?