diff --git a/ci/requirements/environment-windows-3.12.yml b/ci/requirements/environment-windows-3.12.yml
index 5b3034b7a20..448e3f70c0c 100644
--- a/ci/requirements/environment-windows-3.12.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements/environment-windows-3.12.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
   - cartopy
   - cftime
   - dask-core
+  - dask-expr
   - distributed
   - flox
   - fsspec
diff --git a/ci/requirements/environment-windows.yml b/ci/requirements/environment-windows.yml
index cc361bac5e9..c1027b525d0 100644
--- a/ci/requirements/environment-windows.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements/environment-windows.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ dependencies:
   - cartopy
   - cftime
   - dask-core
+  - dask-expr
   - distributed
   - flox
   - fsspec
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_dataarray.py b/xarray/tests/test_dataarray.py
index 5ab20b2c29c..04112a16ab3 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_dataarray.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_dataarray.py
@@ -3420,6 +3420,7 @@ def test_to_dataframe_0length(self) -> None:
 
     @requires_dask_expr
     @requires_dask
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="dask-expr is broken")
     def test_to_dask_dataframe(self) -> None:
         arr_np = np.arange(3 * 4).reshape(3, 4)
         arr = DataArray(arr_np, [("B", [1, 2, 3]), ("A", list("cdef"))], name="foo")