diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 674bc52c7b..7be59df4af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ jobs:
           if [[ $FAST_COMPILE == "1" ]]; then export PYTENSOR_FLAGS=$PYTENSOR_FLAGS,mode=FAST_COMPILE; fi
           if [[ $FLOAT32 == "1" ]]; then export PYTENSOR_FLAGS=$PYTENSOR_FLAGS,floatX=float32; fi
           export PYTENSOR_FLAGS=$PYTENSOR_FLAGS,warn__ignore_bug_before=all,on_opt_error=raise,on_shape_error=raise,gcc__cxxflags=-pipe
-          python -m pytest -r A --verbose --runslow --durations=50 --cov=pytensor/ --cov-report=xml:coverage/coverage-${MATRIX_ID}.xml --no-cov-on-fail $PART --benchmark-skip
+          pytest --import-mode=importlib -r A --verbose --runslow --durations=50 --cov=pytensor/ --cov-report=xml:coverage/coverage-${MATRIX_ID}.xml --no-cov-on-fail $PART --benchmark-skip
         env:
           MATRIX_ID: ${{ steps.matrix-id.outputs.id }}
           MKL_THREADING_LAYER: GNU
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: micromamba-shell {0}
         run: |
           export PYTENSOR_FLAGS=mode=FAST_COMPILE,warn__ignore_bug_before=all,on_opt_error=raise,on_shape_error=raise,gcc__cxxflags=-pipe
-          python -m pytest --runslow --benchmark-only --benchmark-json output.json
+          pytest --import-mode=importlib --runslow --benchmark-only --benchmark-json output.json
       - name: Store benchmark result
         uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1
         with:
diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a053bba704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+repo_root = Path(__file__).parent
+
+raise RuntimeError(
+    f"Python is looking for PyTensor in {repo_root}, but it's "
+    f"actually located in {repo_root / 'pytensor'}. Probably "
+    f"you need to change your working directory from {Path.cwd()} "
+    f"to {repo_root}."
+)
diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 873da8446a..c99b54815f 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import os
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 
 
+repo_root = Path(__file__).parent
+sys.path.insert(0, str(repo_root))
+
+
 def pytest_sessionstart(session):
     os.environ["PYTENSOR_FLAGS"] = ",".join(
         [
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 81a1285da8..63cccda6d6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -117,7 +117,12 @@ versionfile_build = "pytensor/_version.py"
 tag_prefix = "rel-"
 
 [tool.pytest]
-addopts = "--durations=50  --doctest-modules pytensor --ignore=pytensor/misc/check_duplicate_key.py --ignore=pytensor/link"
+addopts = [
+    "--durations=50",
+    "--doctest-modules=pytensor",
+    "--ignore=pytensor/misc/check_duplicate_key.py",
+    "--ignore=pytensor/link"
+]
 testpaths = "tests/"
 
 [tool.ruff]
@@ -163,6 +168,7 @@ warn_return_any = true
 warn_unreachable = true
 files = ["pytensor", "tests"]
 plugins = ["numpy.typing.mypy_plugin"]
+explicit_package_bases = true
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel]
 build = "*"