diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml
index 2510a70..2f780d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_workflows.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@ jobs:
           linux: py39-test-alldeps
           posargs: --remote-data -v
 
-        - name: Python 3.12 with remote data
+        - name: Python 3.12 with remote data and dev dependencies
           linux: py312-test-devdeps
           posargs: --remote-data -v
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a3e4dde..a4ba3b4 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ deps =
     devdeps: scikit-image>=0.0.dev0
     devdeps: pyerfa>=0.0.dev0
     devdeps: astropy>=0.0.dev0
-    devdeps: git+https://github.com/astropy/photutils.git
     devdeps: git+https://github.com/spacetelescope/ci_watson.git
     devdeps: stsci.tools
 
@@ -52,6 +51,8 @@ extras =
 commands =
     # Force numpy-dev after matplotlib downgrades it (https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/26847)
     devdeps: python -m pip install --pre --upgrade --extra-index-url https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple numpy
+    # photutils has C-extension and must be built with numpy-dev in devdeps
+    devdeps: python -m pip install --pre --upgrade git+https://github.com/astropy/photutils.git
     pip freeze
     pytest --pyargs acstools {toxinidir}/doc {posargs}