diff --git a/.codecov.yml b/.codecov.yml
index 98acab721..e8dd587ca 100644
--- a/.codecov.yml
+++ b/.codecov.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ coverage:
   status:
     project:
       default:
-        target: 95%
+        target: 90%
     patch:
       default:
-        target: 95%
+        target: 90%
 
 comment: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/tests-dev.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be5f5f62f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests-dev.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Tests dev
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # check once a week on mondays
+    - cron: '0 10 * * 1'
+
+jobs:
+  tests-dev:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.10", "3.13"]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install tests dependencies
+        run: python -m pip install tox
+
+      - name: Run tests against scikit-learn dev version
+        run: tox -e tests-dev
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 2d5462eb7..da175cea6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-    - name: install tests dependencies
+    - name: Install tests dependencies
       run: python -m pip install tox coverage[toml]
 
-    - name: run Python tests
+    - name: Run Python tests
       run: |
         tox -e tests
         coverage xml
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75d15671e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ase
+parameterized
+pytest
+pytest-cov
+tqdm
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 35cb69eff..ce4bd0f4d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -29,15 +29,9 @@ commands =
     check-manifest {toxinidir}
 
 [testenv:tests]
-description = Runs the tests
+description = Runs tests
 usedevelop = true
-changedir = tests
-deps =
-    parameterized
-    pytest
-    pytest-cov
-    tqdm
-
+deps =  -r tests/requirements.txt
 commands =
     # Run unit tests
     pytest {posargs}
@@ -45,6 +39,17 @@ commands =
     # Run documentation tests
     pytest --doctest-modules --pyargs skmatter {posargs}
 
+[testenv:tests-dev]
+description = Runs tests against scikit-learn dev version
+deps =  -r tests/requirements.txt
+commands_pre =
+    python -m pip install \
+        --force-reinstall \
+        --no-deps \
+        git+https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn.git
+commands =
+    pytest {posargs}
+
 [testenv:lint]
 description = Checks the code and doc for programmatic and stylistic errors
 skip_install = true
@@ -74,8 +79,7 @@ commands =
 [testenv:docs]
 description = Builds the documentation
 usedevelop = true
-deps =
-    -r docs/requirements.txt
+deps = -r docs/requirements.txt
 # The documentation runs "examples" to produce outputs via sphinx-gallery.
 extras = examples
 commands =