diff --git a/.github/workflows/commit.yml b/.github/workflows/commit.yml
index bbb48f375..a2e1b2dc1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/commit.yml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install FloPy
         run: |
           pip install .
-          pip install ".[codegen]"
+          pip install ".[dev]"
 
       - name: Install Modflow-related executables
         uses: modflowpy/install-modflow-action@v1
diff --git a/autotest/test_generate_classes.py b/autotest/test_generate_classes.py
index 8e5962f41..2927995ed 100644
--- a/autotest/test_generate_classes.py
+++ b/autotest/test_generate_classes.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def test_generate_classes_from_github_refs(
     print(f"Using temp venv at {venv} to test class generation from {ref}")
 
     # install flopy and dependencies
-    deps = [str(project_root_path), "modflow-devtools"]
+    deps = [str(project_root_path), "modflow-devtools", "Jinja2", "boltons"]
     for dep in deps:
         out, err, ret = run_cmd(str(pip), "install", dep, verbose=True)
         assert not ret, out + err
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 95c4cee93..0eb99e18a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ dynamic = ["version", "readme"]
 dev = ["flopy[codegen,lint,test,optional,doc]"]
 codegen = [
     "boltons>=1.0",
-    "Jinja2>=3.0"
+    "Jinja2>=3.0",
+    "modflow-devtools"
 ]
 lint = [
     "cffconvert",