diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 08bbe00a..9dfd8188 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           - '3.13'
         meson:
           -
-        pyproject_metadata:
+        dependencies:
           -
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ jobs:
           # Test with older supported Meson version.  Meson up to
           # version 1.2.3 requires distutils, which has been removed
           # from the stdlib in Python 3.12, thus test with Pythn 3.11.
+          # To avoid having too many CI jobs, combine this with tests
+          # with the minimum version of other dependencies.
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: '3.11'
             meson: '~=0.64.0'
@@ -91,6 +93,15 @@ jobs:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: '3.12'
             meson: '~=1.5.0'
+            dependencies: 'packaging==23.2 pyproject-metadata==0.9.0'
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            python: '3.12'
+            meson: '~=1.6.0'
+            dependencies: 'pyproject-metadata==0.9.0'
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            python: '3.12'
+            meson: '~=1.7.0'
+            dependencies: 'packaging==23.2'
           # Test with Meson master branch.
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             python: '3.12'
@@ -124,9 +135,9 @@ jobs:
         run: python -m pip install "meson ${{ matrix.meson }}"
         if: ${{ matrix.meson }}
 
-      - name: Install pyproject-metadata
-        run: python -m pip install "pyproject-metadata ${{ matrix.pyproject_metadata }}"
-        if: ${{ matrix.pyproject_metadata }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: python -m pip install ${{ matrix.dependencies }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.dependencies }}
 
       - name: Install
         run: python -m pip install .[test]