diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 31cad4d72..1af7b8978 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ test_thirdparty = [
     "PyQt6==6.8.1",
     "numba>=0.60",
     "plotly",
+    "psygnal",
     "pydantic-extra-types>=2,!=2.10.1",
     "pydantic",
     "pygfx",
diff --git a/tests/test_model_fields.py b/tests/test_model_fields.py
index c3e63a670..d8e1bc694 100644
--- a/tests/test_model_fields.py
+++ b/tests/test_model_fields.py
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@
 from cmap import Color, Colormap
 from cmap._colormap import ColorStops
 
-try:
-    from pydantic import BaseModel
-except ImportError:
-    pytest.skip("pydantic not installed", allow_module_level=True)
+pydantic = pytest.importorskip("pydantic", minversion="2")
 
 
 def test_pydantic_casting() -> None:
@@ -18,7 +15,7 @@ def test_pydantic_casting() -> None:
 
 
 def test_pydantic_validate() -> None:
-    class MyModel(BaseModel):
+    class MyModel(pydantic.BaseModel):
         color: Color
         colormap: Colormap