diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 3528f12c66a8b..08c2c02d91582 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ dependencies:
   # downstream packages
   - dask-core
   - seaborn-base
+  - dask-expr
 
   # local testing dependencies
   - moto
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 40c7403cb88e8..029f9fc218798 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ xlsxwriter>=3.0.5
 zstandard>=0.19.0
 dask
 seaborn
+dask-expr
 moto
 flask
 asv>=0.6.1