diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9209c6e..ee70603 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ export PYTHONPATH=.
 	pip install --quiet --upgrade 'pip==23.3.1' 'pip-tools==7.3'
 
 # generates a lock file with pinned version of all dependencies to be used by the CI and local devs
-requirements/dev.txt: .venv requirements/dev.in pyproject.toml
+requirements/dev.txt: .venv requirements/dev.in
 	pip-compile \
 		--quiet --generate-hashes --max-rounds=20 --strip-extras \
 		--resolver=backtracking \
 		--output-file requirements/dev.txt \
-		 requirements/dev.in pyproject.toml
+		 requirements/dev.in
 
 # upgrades the dependencies to their latest/matching version
 .PHONY: upgrade
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ upgrade: .venv
 		--upgrade \
 		--resolver=backtracking \
 		--output-file requirements/dev.txt \
-		requirements/dev.in pyproject.toml
+		requirements/dev.in
 
 
 # creates the venv if not present then install the dependencies, the package and pre-commit
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fc92aa2..11c86aa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,13 +45,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pytest>=4.6",
 ]
 
-[project.optional-dependencies]
-test = [
-    "pytest",
-    "pytest-cov",
-    # For linting purposes, only pylint>3 is supported
-    "pylint>=3",
-]
+# [project.optional-dependencies] moved to requirements/dev.in
 
 [project.urls]
 Changelog = "https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint-pytest/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md"
diff --git a/requirements/dev.in b/requirements/dev.in
index 2926cab..8348690 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.in
+++ b/requirements/dev.in
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# For linting purposes, only pylint>3 is supported
+pylint>=3
+
 # to handle dependencies
 pip-tools
 wheel
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index f8bc247..207c5e2 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11
 # by the following command:
 #
-#    pip-compile --generate-hashes --max-rounds=20 --output-file=requirements/dev.txt --strip-extras pyproject.toml requirements/dev.in
+#    pip-compile --generate-hashes --max-rounds=20 --output-file=requirements/dev.txt --strip-extras requirements/dev.in
 #
 astroid==3.0.1 \
     --hash=sha256:7d5895c9825e18079c5aeac0572bc2e4c83205c95d416e0b4fee8bc361d2d9ca \
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ pre-commit==3.5.0 \
 pylint==3.0.2 \
     --hash=sha256:0d4c286ef6d2f66c8bfb527a7f8a629009e42c99707dec821a03e1b51a4c1496 \
     --hash=sha256:60ed5f3a9ff8b61839ff0348b3624ceeb9e6c2a92c514d81c9cc273da3b6bcda
-    # via pylint-pytest (pyproject.toml)
+    # via -r requirements/dev.in
 pyproject-hooks==1.0.0 \
     --hash=sha256:283c11acd6b928d2f6a7c73fa0d01cb2bdc5f07c57a2eeb6e83d5e56b97976f8 \
     --hash=sha256:f271b298b97f5955d53fb12b72c1fb1948c22c1a6b70b315c54cedaca0264ef5
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ pytest==7.4.3 \
     --hash=sha256:d989d136982de4e3b29dabcc838ad581c64e8ed52c11fbe86ddebd9da0818cd5
     # via
     #   -r requirements/dev.in
-    #   pylint-pytest (pyproject.toml)
     #   pytest-cov
 pytest-cov==4.1.0 \
     --hash=sha256:3904b13dfbfec47f003b8e77fd5b589cd11904a21ddf1ab38a64f204d6a10ef6 \