diff --git a/ci/requirements/environment-3.12.yml b/ci/requirements/environment-3.12.yml
index 99b260a69a3..dbb446f4454 100644
--- a/ci/requirements/environment-3.12.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements/environment-3.12.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ dependencies:
   - cartopy
   - cftime
   - dask-core
+  - dask-expr
   - distributed
   - flox
   - fsspec