diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3f954c247..3e4ba6053 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ docs = [
   'tomli; python_version < "3.11"',
 ]
 tests = [
-  "fsspec[http]>=2022.8.2",
+  #"fsspec[http]>=2022.8.2",
   "lz4>=0.10",
   "psutil",
   "pytest>=6",
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index a552322cc..060b2154b 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ numpy>=0.0.dev0
 # that uses it during these tests will use the development version
 # which is more likely to work with the above development version of numpy
 scipy>=0.0.dev0
+
+# attempt to get fsspec working with python 3.12
+aiohttp==3.9.0b0
+fsspec[http]>=2022.8.2
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 87f88ce22..7e78421b6 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 env_list =
     compatibility
     coverage
-    devdep{,-parallel}
-    py{39,310,311,312}{,-compatibility,-coverage,-jsonschema}{,-parallel}
+    py{39,310,311,312}{,-compatibility,-coverage,-jsonschema}{,-devdeps}{,-parallel}
     asdf{-standard,-transform-schemas,-unit-schemas,-wcs-schemas,-coordinates-schemas,-astropy}
     gwcs
     jwst