diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-build-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-build-artifacts.yml
index c33b8041dc..088ae09f9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-build-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-build-artifacts.yml
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ jobs:
           # Ignore 32 bit architectures
           CIBW_ARCHS: "auto64"
           CIBW_PROJECT_REQUIRES_PYTHON: ">=3.10,<3.14"
-          CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: "pytest==7.4.2 moto==5.0.1 pytest-lazy-fixture==0.6.3 sqlalchemy>=2.0.18,<3"
-          CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: "pytest {project}/tests/avro/test_decoder.py"
+          CIBW_BEFORE_TEST: "uv sync --directory {project} --only-group dev --no-install-project"
+          CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: "uv run --directory {project} pytest tests/avro/test_decoder.py"
           # Ignore tests for pypy since not all dependencies are compiled for it
           # and would require a local rust build chain
           CIBW_TEST_SKIP: "pp*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/svn-build-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/svn-build-artifacts.yml
index 6a81cd7d3c..56d8f1af6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/svn-build-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/svn-build-artifacts.yml
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ jobs:
           # Ignore 32 bit architectures
           CIBW_ARCHS: "auto64"
           CIBW_PROJECT_REQUIRES_PYTHON: ">=3.10,<3.14"
-          CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: "pytest==7.4.2 moto==5.0.1 pytest-lazy-fixture==0.6.3 sqlalchemy>=2.0.18,<3"
-          CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: "pytest {project}/tests/avro/test_decoder.py"
+          CIBW_BEFORE_TEST: "uv sync --directory {project} --only-group dev --no-install-project"
+          CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: "uv run --directory {project} pytest tests/avro/test_decoder.py"
           # Ignore tests for pypy since not all dependencies are compiled for it
           # and would require a local rust build chain
           CIBW_TEST_SKIP: "pp*"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9d602df554..14cd882b34 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ dev = [
     "mypy-boto3-glue>=1.28.18",
     "mypy-boto3-dynamodb>=1.28.18",
     "pyarrow-stubs>=20.0.0.20251107", # Remove when pyarrow >= 23.0.0 https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/47609
+    "sqlalchemy>=2.0.18,<3",
 ]
 # for mkdocs
 docs = [
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 4b36e971aa..1d6605595b 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -3796,6 +3796,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest-lazy-fixture" },
     { name = "pytest-mock" },
     { name = "requests-mock" },
+    { name = "sqlalchemy" },
     { name = "typing-extensions" },
 ]
 docs = [
@@ -3880,6 +3881,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest-lazy-fixture", specifier = "==0.6.3" },
     { name = "pytest-mock", specifier = "==3.15.1" },
     { name = "requests-mock", specifier = "==1.12.1" },
+    { name = "sqlalchemy", specifier = ">=2.0.18,<3" },
     { name = "typing-extensions", specifier = "==4.15.0" },
 ]
 docs = [