diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c01d7d5a92..172043844b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ jobs:
           - toxenv: test-oldestdeps-xdist-cov
             os: ubuntu-latest
             python-version: '3.8'
+          - toxenv: test-opencv-xdist
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            python-version: '3.10'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
diff --git a/jwst/jump/tests/test_jump_step.py b/jwst/jump/tests/test_jump_step.py
index c2bafaa283..e3baf43bbc 100644
--- a/jwst/jump/tests/test_jump_step.py
+++ b/jwst/jump/tests/test_jump_step.py
@@ -310,7 +310,8 @@ def test_three_group_integration(generate_miri_reffiles, setup_inputs):
                               override_readnoise=override_readnoise, maximum_cores='none')
     assert out_model.meta.cal_step.jump == 'COMPLETE'
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not OPENCV_INSTALLED, reason="`opencv-python` not installed")
+
+@pytest.mark.xfail(not OPENCV_INSTALLED, reason="`opencv-python` not installed")
 def test_snowball_flagging_nosat(generate_nircam_reffiles, setup_inputs):
     """Test that snowballs are properly flagged when the `sat_required_snowball`,
     which requires there to be a saturated pixel within the cluster of
@@ -355,7 +356,7 @@ def test_snowball_flagging_nosat(generate_nircam_reffiles, setup_inputs):
         assert (np.floor(expanded_area / initial_area) == (expand_factor**2))
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not OPENCV_INSTALLED, reason="`opencv-python` not installed")
+@pytest.mark.xfail(not OPENCV_INSTALLED, reason="`opencv-python` not installed")
 def test_snowball_flagging_sat(generate_nircam_reffiles, setup_inputs):
     """Test that snowballs are properly flagged when the `sat_required_snowball`,
     which requires there to be a saturated pixel within the cluster of
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 521177780b..33d74ef7db 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ test =
     colorama>=0.4.1
     readchar>=3.0
     ruff
-    opencv-python
     pytest>=6.0.0
     pytest-cov>=2.9.0
     pytest-doctestplus>=0.10.0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b657294977..97c064bf50 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ commands =
 [testenv]
 description =
     run tests
+    opencv: requiring opencv-python
     devdeps: with the latest developer version of key dependencies
     oldestdeps: with the oldest supported version of key dependencies
     sdpdeps: with the recent STScI DMS release pinned dependencies
@@ -80,18 +81,20 @@ commands =
     regtests: --bigdata --slow --basetemp={homedir}/test_outputs \
     xdist: -n auto \
     pyargs: {toxinidir}/docs --pyargs jwst \
+    opencv: -- jwst/jump/tests/test_jump_step.py \
     {posargs}
 deps =
     xdist: pytest-xdist
     devdeps: -rrequirements-dev.txt
     sdpdeps: -rrequirements-sdp.txt
+    opencv: opencv-python
 setenv =
     sdpdeps,regtests: CRDS_CONTEXT = jwst-edit
 commands_pre =
     python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-    # Generate a requirements-min.txt file
+# Generate a requirements-min.txt file
     oldestdeps: minimum_deps
-    # Force install everything in that file
+# Force install everything in that file
     oldestdeps: pip install --ignore-installed -r requirements-min.txt
 # Don't treat positional arguments passed to tox as file system paths
 args_are_paths =