diff --git a/.github/workflows/_test.yml b/.github/workflows/_test.yml
index 598abd3f9..4b3577d65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_test.yml
@@ -46,16 +46,6 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
         run: make test
 
-      - name: Install min version of deps
-        shell: bash
-        working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
-        run: uv sync --all-extras --resolution lowest-direct --no-sources --force-reinstall
-
-      - name: Run tests with min version of deps
-        shell: bash
-        run: make test
-        working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
-
       - name: Ensure the tests did not create any additional files
         shell: bash
         working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
@@ -68,3 +58,14 @@ jobs:
           # grep will exit non-zero if the target message isn't found,
           # and `set -e` above will cause the step to fail.
           echo "$STATUS" | grep 'nothing to commit, working tree clean'
+
+      - name: Install min version of deps
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
+        run: uv sync --all-extras --resolution lowest-direct --no-sources --force-reinstall
+
+      - name: Run tests with min version of deps
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
+        run: make test
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_test_langgraph.yml b/.github/workflows/_test_langgraph.yml
index 087f940ab..9942e3864 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_test_langgraph.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_test_langgraph.yml
@@ -42,14 +42,6 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: make test_parallel
 
-      - name: Install min version of deps
-        shell: bash
-        run: uv sync --all-extras --resolution lowest-direct --no-sources --force-reinstall
-
-      - name: Run tests with min version of deps
-        shell: bash
-        run: make test_parallel
-
       - name: Ensure the tests did not create any additional files
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -61,3 +53,11 @@ jobs:
           # grep will exit non-zero if the target message isn't found,
           # and `set -e` above will cause the step to fail.
           echo "$STATUS" | grep 'nothing to commit, working tree clean'
+
+      - name: Install min version of deps
+        shell: bash
+        run: uv sync --all-extras --resolution lowest-direct --no-sources --force-reinstall
+
+      - name: Run tests with min version of deps
+        shell: bash
+        run: make test_parallel
diff --git a/libs/checkpoint-sqlite/pyproject.toml b/libs/checkpoint-sqlite/pyproject.toml
index b416a0aa9..3164e440e 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint-sqlite/pyproject.toml
+++ b/libs/checkpoint-sqlite/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Repository = "https://www.github.com/langchain-ai/langgraph"
 dev = [
   "ruff>=0.12.0",
   "codespell",
-  "pytest",
+  "pytest>=8.0.0",
   "pytest-asyncio",
   "pytest-mock",
   "pytest-watcher",