diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 0d7e6fe30..57deaf5e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
       - 'ext/**'
       - 'test/runtests.jl'
       - 'test/core-test/**'
-      - 'test/ext-test/cairomakie_ext.jl'
+      - 'test/ext-test/cairomakie/**'
       - 'Project.toml'
   pull_request:
     branches:
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ on:
       - 'ext/**'
       - 'test/runtests.jl'
       - 'test/core-test/**'
-      - 'test/ext-test/cairomakie_ext.jl'
+      - 'test/ext-test/cairomakie/**'
       - 'Project.toml'
     types:
       - opened
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 8c3759cc3..e591de619 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ julia = "1.10"
 
 [extras]
 Aqua = "4c88cf16-eb10-579e-8560-4a9242c79595"
-CairoMakie = "13f3f980-e62b-5c42-98c6-ff1f3baf88f0"
 JET = "c3a54625-cd67-489e-a8e7-0a5a0ff4e31b"
 Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
 
 [targets]
-test = ["Aqua", "CairoMakie", "JET", "Test"]
+test = ["Aqua", "JET", "Test"]
diff --git a/test/ext-test/cairomakie/Project.toml b/test/ext-test/cairomakie/Project.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06b706a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ext-test/cairomakie/Project.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[deps]
+CairoMakie = "13f3f980-e62b-5c42-98c6-ff1f3baf88f0"
+QuantumToolbox = "6c2fb7c5-b903-41d2-bc5e-5a7c320b9fab"
+
+[compat]
+CairoMakie = "0.12"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/ext-test/cairomakie_ext.jl b/test/ext-test/cairomakie/cairomakie_ext.jl
similarity index 100%
rename from test/ext-test/cairomakie_ext.jl
rename to test/ext-test/cairomakie/cairomakie_ext.jl
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 9081ad842..ca5c41670 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -46,13 +46,16 @@ if (GROUP == "All") || (GROUP == "Core")
     end
 end
 
-if (GROUP == "All") || (GROUP == "CairoMakie_Ext")
-    using QuantumToolbox
+if (GROUP == "CairoMakie_Ext")# || (GROUP == "All")
+    Pkg.activate("ext-test/cairomakie")
+    Pkg.develop(PackageSpec(path = dirname(@__DIR__)))
+    Pkg.instantiate()
 
-    (GROUP == "CairoMakie_Ext") && QuantumToolbox.about()
+    using QuantumToolbox
+    QuantumToolbox.about()
 
     # CarioMakie is imported in the following script
-    include(joinpath(testdir, "ext-test", "cairomakie_ext.jl"))
+    include(joinpath(testdir, "ext-test", "cairomakie", "cairomakie_ext.jl"))
 end
 
 if (GROUP == "CUDA_Ext")# || (GROUP == "All")