diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f7430c48..298de963 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ dev = ["pytest==7.2.2",
     "colorama==0.4.6",
     "build==0.10.0",
     "twine==4.0.2",
-    "deepdiff==6.7.1",
-    "pystac-client==0.7.5",
-    "stackstac==0.5.0"
+    "deepdiff==6.7.1"
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index c78c552d..21ea05fa 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ matplotlib==3.7.1
 contextily==1.3.0
 flox==0.7.2
 xskillscore==0.0.24
+pyogrio==0.7.2
+pystac-client==0.7.5
+stackstac==0.5.0
 
 
 ###################################
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 9bec53a9..626fa19c 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def _load_gpkg(
         geopandas GeoDataFrame.
     """
     file_path = _build_map_file_path(file_name)
-    return gpd.read_file(file_path, *args, **kwargs)
+    return gpd.read_file(file_path, engine="pyogrio", *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 def _load_xarray(