diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-daily.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-daily.yml
index bd78bf87965..35a3cf5e47c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-daily.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ jobs:
           pip install \
             -r dev_tools/requirements/deps/format.txt \
             -r dev_tools/requirements/deps/pylint.txt \
-            -r dev_tools/requirements/deps/pytest.txt
+            -r dev_tools/requirements/deps/pytest.txt \
+            -r dev_tools/requirements/deps/notebook.txt
       - name: Run Quil dependencies
         run: docker-compose -f cirq-rigetti/docker-compose.test.yaml up -d
       - name: Pytest check
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ jobs:
           pip install --pre cirq &&
             pip install -r dev_tools/requirements/deps/format.txt &&
             pip install -r dev_tools/requirements/deps/pylint.txt &&
-            pip install -r dev_tools/requirements/deps/pytest.txt
+            pip install -r dev_tools/requirements/deps/pytest.txt &&
+            pip install -r dev_tools/requirements/deps/notebook.txt
       - name: Pytest Windows
         run: check/pytest -n auto --ignore=cirq-core/cirq/contrib --enable-slow-tests
         shell: bash
diff --git a/dev_tools/requirements/deps/notebook.txt b/dev_tools/requirements/deps/notebook.txt
index 387bfc46f96..12815f39353 100644
--- a/dev_tools/requirements/deps/notebook.txt
+++ b/dev_tools/requirements/deps/notebook.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ ipykernel==5.3.4
 
 # for executing notebooks in tests
 papermill~=2.3.2
-quimb~=1.6.0
+
+# for notebooks that do `pip install cirq-core[contrib]`
+-r ../../../cirq-core/cirq/contrib/requirements.txt
 
 # assumed to be part of colab
 seaborn~=0.11.1