diff --git a/lib/galaxy_test/conftest.py b/lib/galaxy_test/conftest.py
index 64f69aee6f5..74dd381288a 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy_test/conftest.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy_test/conftest.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from galaxy.web import statsd_client as statsd
 from galaxy_test.api._framework import ApiTestCase
 from galaxy_test.driver.driver_util import GalaxyTestDriver
 
+pytest_plugins = ("celery.contrib.pytest",)
+
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
 def celery_includes():
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 155bcbc30cd..2b24828dbe6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ pkce = "*"
 playwright = "*"
 pytest = "*"
 pytest-asyncio = "*"
-pytest-celery = "*"
 pytest-cov = "*"
 pytest-html = "*"
 pytest-httpserver = "*"
diff --git a/test/integration/conftest.py b/test/integration/conftest.py
index 3a0619d076c..afe729466aa 100644
--- a/test/integration/conftest.py
+++ b/test/integration/conftest.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ import tempfile
 
 import pytest
 
-from galaxy_test.conftest import pytest_configure  # noqa: F401
+from galaxy_test.conftest import (  # noqa: F401
+    pytest_configure,
+    pytest_plugins,
+)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")