diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index 202ba16..be99c4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           pip install git+https://github.com/materialsvirtuallab/maml.git
-          pip install --quiet -r requirements.txt -r requirements-ci.txt
-          pip install -e '.[models]'
+          pip install -e '.[models,ci]'
       - name: pytest
         run: |
           pytest --cov=matcalc tests --color=yes
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index decb427..4e7fe95 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ version = "0.0.4"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 models = ["chgnet>=0.3.8", "mace-torch>=0.3.6", "matgl>=1.0.0", "sevenn>=0.9.3", "maml>=2024.6.13", "dgl<=2.1.0", "torch<=2.2.1"]
+ci = ["pytest-cov>=4", "pytest-split>=0.8", "pytest>=8", "coverage", "coveralls"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]
diff --git a/requirements-ci.txt b/requirements-ci.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b35a62d..0000000
--- a/requirements-ci.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-pytest
-pytest-cov
-coverage
-coveralls
-mypy
-ruff
-black
-dgl
-matgl
-chgnet