diff --git a/.github/workflows/cron-run-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/cron-run-tests.yaml
index bd42b278a1bc..367267079c27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cron-run-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cron-run-tests.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
         runner: [ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-24.04, windows-2022]
+        include:
+          - python: 3.9
+            # do not install scipy due to import issue
+            test-packages: "pytest"
+          - python: 3.10
+            test-packages: "pytest scipy"
+          - python: 3.11
+            test-packages: "pytest scipy"
+          - python: 3.12
+            test-packages: "pytest scipy"
 
     steps:
       - name: Cancel Previous Runs
@@ -84,12 +94,12 @@ jobs:
         id: install_dpnp
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          mamba install ${{ env.package-name }}=${{ steps.find_latest_tag.outputs.tag }} pytest scipy ${{ env.channels-list }}
+          mamba install ${{ env.package-name }}=${{ steps.find_latest_tag.outputs.tag }} ${{ matrix.test-packages }} ${{ env.channels-list }}
 
       - name: ReInstall dpnp
         if: steps.install_dpnp.outcome == 'failure'
         run: |
-          mamba install ${{ env.package-name }}=${{ steps.find_latest_tag.outputs.tag }} pytest scipy ${{ env.channels-list }}
+          mamba install ${{ env.package-name }}=${{ steps.find_latest_tag.outputs.tag }} ${{ matrix.test-packages }} ${{ env.channels-list }}
 
       - name: List installed packages
         run: mamba list
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e2bf08ff9af8..c26940d11067 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * Resolved issue when `dpnp.ndarray` constructor is called with `dpnp.ndarray.data` as `buffer` keyword [#2533](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp/pull/2533)
 * Fixed `dpnp.linalg.cond` to always return a real dtype [#2547](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp/pull/2547)
 * Resolved the issue in `dpnp.random` functions to allow any value of `size` where each element is castable to `Py_ssize_t` type [#2578](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp/pull/2578)
+* Resolved `conda build --test` issue in python 3.9 environment [#2583](https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp/pull/2583)
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 8be4b53e60e5..d3aef836fe1d 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ test:
     requires:
       - pytest
       - setuptools
-      - scipy
+      - scipy # [py>39]
 
 about:
     home: https://github.com/IntelPython/dpnp