diff --git a/distributed/shuffle/tests/test_graph.py b/distributed/shuffle/tests/test_graph.py
index 256f9132cd4..42d6be98d3b 100644
--- a/distributed/shuffle/tests/test_graph.py
+++ b/distributed/shuffle/tests/test_graph.py
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 import asyncio
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+import pytest
+
+pd = pytest.importorskip("pandas")
+pytest.importorskip("dask.dataframe")
+
 import dask
 import dask.dataframe as dd
 from dask.blockwise import Blockwise
diff --git a/distributed/shuffle/tests/test_shuffle_extension.py b/distributed/shuffle/tests/test_shuffle_extension.py
index f47c62e9ca7..ad536280672 100644
--- a/distributed/shuffle/tests/test_shuffle_extension.py
+++ b/distributed/shuffle/tests/test_shuffle_extension.py
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 from collections import Counter
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-import pandas as pd
 import pytest
 
-import dask.dataframe as dd
+pd = pytest.importorskip("pandas")
+dd = pytest.importorskip("dask.dataframe")
 
 from distributed.utils_test import gen_cluster