diff --git a/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray/pyproject.toml b/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray/pyproject.toml
index 4ece31fc53..6361de39a0 100644
--- a/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray/pyproject.toml
+++ b/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "opentelemetry-api ~= 1.12",
 ]
 
-[project.optional-dependencies]
-test = []
-
 [project.entry-points.opentelemetry_propagator]
 xray = "opentelemetry.propagators.aws:AwsXRayPropagator"
 
diff --git a/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray/test-requirements.txt b/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray/test-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6b197bdcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray/test-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+asgiref==3.7.2
+attrs==23.2.0
+certifi==2024.2.2
+charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+Deprecated==1.2.14
+idna==3.6
+importlib-metadata==6.11.0
+iniconfig==2.0.0
+packaging==23.2
+pluggy==1.4.0
+py==1.11.0
+py-cpuinfo==9.0.0
+pytest==7.1.3
+pytest-benchmark==4.0.0
+requests==2.31.0
+tomli==2.0.1
+typing_extensions==4.10.0
+urllib3==2.2.1
+wrapt==1.16.0
+zipp==3.17.0
+-e propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 293d7ecb95..fbaf36139d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ commands_pre =
 ; In order to get a health coverage report,
   propagator-ot-trace: pip install {toxinidir}/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-ot-trace[test]
 
-  propagator-aws-xray: pip install requests {toxinidir}/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray[test]
+  propagator-aws-xray: pip install -r {toxinidir}/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray/test-requirements.txt
 
 ; we have to install packages in editable mode.
   coverage: python {toxinidir}/scripts/eachdist.py install --editable
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ commands_pre =
   # requires snappy headers to be available on the system
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws[test]
   pip install -r {toxinidir}/resource/opentelemetry-resource-detector-container/test-requirements.txt
-  python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray[test]
+  pip install -r {toxinidir}/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-aws-xray/test-requirements.txt
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-ot-trace[test]
   python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-distro[test]