diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/pyproject.toml b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/pyproject.toml
index 5710158de77..2d22ea4f24f 100644
--- a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/pyproject.toml
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin-proto-http == 1.24.0.dev",
 ]
 
-[project.optional-dependencies]
-test = []
-
 [project.entry-points.opentelemetry_traces_exporter]
 zipkin = "opentelemetry.exporter.zipkin.proto.http:ZipkinExporter"
 
diff --git a/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/test-requirements.txt b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/test-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b859e401d5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/test-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+asgiref==3.7.2
+attrs==23.2.0
+Deprecated==1.2.14
+flaky==3.7.0
+importlib-metadata==6.11.0
+iniconfig==2.0.0
+packaging==23.2
+pluggy==1.4.0
+py==1.11.0
+py-cpuinfo==9.0.0
+pytest==7.1.3
+pytest-benchmark==4.0.0
+tomli==2.0.1
+typing_extensions==4.10.0
+wrapt==1.16.0
+zipp==3.17.0
+-e opentelemetry-api
+-e exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin-json
+-e exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin-proto-http
+-e opentelemetry-sdk
+-e opentelemetry-semantic-conventions
+-e exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f3eacef8d35..2b82d804dc9 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -137,9 +137,7 @@ commands_pre =
 
   exporter-prometheus: pip install -r {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-prometheus/test-requirements.txt
 
-  exporter-zipkin-combined: pip install {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin-json
-  exporter-zipkin-combined: pip install {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin-proto-http
-  exporter-zipkin-combined: pip install {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin
+  exporter-zipkin-combined: pip install -r {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/test-requirements.txt
 
   exporter-zipkin-proto-http: pip install -r {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin-proto-http/test-requirements.txt
 
@@ -210,7 +208,6 @@ commands_pre =
   pip install -r {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-api/test-requirements.txt
   pip install -r {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-sdk/test-requirements.txt
   pip install -r {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-semantic-conventions/test-requirements.txt
-  python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-proto[test]
   pip install -r {toxinidir}/opentelemetry-proto/test-requirements.txt
   pip install -r {toxinidir}/shim/opentelemetry-opentracing-shim/test-requirements.txt
   pip install -r {toxinidir}/shim/opentelemetry-opencensus-shim/test-requirements.txt
@@ -223,7 +220,7 @@ commands_pre =
   pip install -r {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin-proto-http/test-requirements.txt
   pip install -r {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin-json/test-requirements.txt
   pip install -r {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-otlp/test-requirements.txt
-  python -m pip install -e {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin[test]
+  pip install -r {toxinidir}/exporter/opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin/test-requirements.txt
   pip install -r {toxinidir}/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-b3/test-requirements.txt
   pip install -r {toxinidir}/propagator/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/test-requirements.txt
   # Pin protobuf version due to lint failing on v3.20.0