diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-macos.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-macos.yaml
index daa19a7d53..e8522cf716 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-macos.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-macos.yaml
@@ -401,9 +401,9 @@ jobs:
             commitish="${{ matrix.version }}"
           fi
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install git+https://github.com/datalad/datalad@${commitish}
+          pip install datalad[devel]@git+https://github.com/datalad/datalad@${commitish}
 
-      - name: Install nose et al (just in case!)
+      - name: Install pytest et al (just in case!)
         run: pip install nose pytest vcrpy mock
 
       - name: WTF!?
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-ubuntu.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-ubuntu.yaml
index a414084785..312d7bbf37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-ubuntu.yaml
@@ -437,9 +437,9 @@ jobs:
             commitish="${{ matrix.version }}"
           fi
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install git+https://github.com/datalad/datalad@${commitish}
+          pip install datalad[devel]@git+https://github.com/datalad/datalad@${commitish}
 
-      - name: Install nose et al (just in case!)
+      - name: Install pytest et al (just in case!)
         run: pip install nose pytest vcrpy mock
 
       - name: WTF!?
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-windows.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-windows.yaml
index e2dd11c4a2..a117ee833e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-windows.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-windows.yaml
@@ -390,9 +390,9 @@ jobs:
             commitish="${{ matrix.version }}"
           fi
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install git+https://github.com/datalad/datalad@${commitish}
+          pip install datalad[devel]@git+https://github.com/datalad/datalad@${commitish}
 
-      - name: Install nose et al (just in case!)
+      - name: Install pytest et al (just in case!)
         run: pip install nose pytest vcrpy mock
 
       - name: WTF!?