diff --git a/.github/workflows/core.yml b/.github/workflows/core.yml
index f04085bbe..94cf01f88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install -r requirements.txt
-        pip install ipython nbval pytest-xdist cython wheel
+        pip install -r pythran/tests/requirements.txt
+        pip install pytest-xdist
         sudo apt install libopenblas-dev ${{ matrix.cpp-version }}
         if test ${{ matrix.python-version }} != 'pypy-3.9'; then pip install scipy ; fi
     - name: Setup
diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc.yml b/.github/workflows/doc.yml
index dd24bef35..356e2a83b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install -r requirements.txt
-        pip install ipython nbval pytest-xdist cython scipy wheel
+        pip install -r pythran/tests/requirements.txt scipy
+        pip install pytest-xdist
         sudo apt install libopenblas-dev ${{ matrix.cpp-version }}
     - name: Setup
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/icc.yml b/.github/workflows/icc.yml
index f2efce2d8..38a9f6273 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/icc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/icc.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install -r requirements.txt
-        pip install ipython nbval pytest-xdist cython wheel
+        pip install -r pythran/tests/requirements.txt
+        pip install pytest-xdist
         if test ${{ matrix.python-version }} != '3.10' ; then pip install scipy ; fi
         wget -O- https://apt.repos.intel.com/intel-gpg-keys/GPG-PUB-KEY-INTEL-SW-PRODUCTS.PUB | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/oneapi-archive-keyring.gpg
         echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oneapi-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.repos.intel.com/oneapi all main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oneAPI.list
diff --git a/.github/workflows/parallel.yml b/.github/workflows/parallel.yml
index 7539e07c8..ec469b581 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/parallel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/parallel.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install -r requirements.txt
-        pip install ipython nbval pytest-xdist cython scipy wheel
+        pip install -r pythran/tests/requirements.txt scipy
+        pip install pytest-xdist
         sudo apt install libopenblas-dev ${{ matrix.cpp-version }}
     - name: Setup
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 169d0c7af..05447e2e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install -r requirements.txt
-        pip install scipy wheel pythran-openblas pytest
+        pip install -r pythran/tests/requirements.txt scipy
+        pip install pythran-openblas pytest
     - name: Setup
       run: |
         python setup.py install
diff --git a/docs/DEVGUIDE.rst b/docs/DEVGUIDE.rst
index ad2b84a1f..f2aaec98d 100644
--- a/docs/DEVGUIDE.rst
+++ b/docs/DEVGUIDE.rst
@@ -68,8 +68,12 @@ Validation
 ----------
 
 ``pythran`` uses the ``unittest`` module and the `pytest
-<http://pytest.org/latest/>`_ package to manage test cases. The whole
-validation suite is run through the command::
+<http://pytest.org/latest/>`_ package to manage test cases.
+
+All requirementsa r elisted in ``pythran/tests/requirements.txt``.
+
+
+The whole validation suite is run through the command::
 
     $> python -m pytest pythran/tests
 
diff --git a/pythran/tests/requirements.txt b/pythran/tests/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b2e3b902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pythran/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ipython
+nbval
+cython
+wheel