diff --git a/sdks/python/tox.ini b/sdks/python/tox.ini
index ad5d7ec5505e..ae39ec951f1a 100644
--- a/sdks/python/tox.ini
+++ b/sdks/python/tox.ini
@@ -110,14 +110,16 @@ commands =
 
 [testenv:py{39,310,311,312}-dask]
 extras = test,dask,dataframes
-commands_pre =
-  pip install 'distributed>=2024.4.2' 'dask>=2024.4.2'
+deps =
+  distributed>=2024.4.2
+  dask>=2024.4.2
 commands =
   bash {toxinidir}/scripts/run_pytest.sh {envname} {toxinidir}/apache_beam/runners/dask/
 
 [testenv:py{39,310,311,312}-win-dask]
-commands_pre =
-  pip install 'distributed>=2024.4.2' 'dask>=2024.4.2'
+deps =
+  distributed>=2024.4.2
+  dask>=2024.4.2
 commands =
   python apache_beam/examples/complete/autocomplete_test.py
   bash {toxinidir}/scripts/run_pytest.sh {envname} {toxinidir}/apache_beam/runners/dask/