diff --git a/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/ci.tests.yml b/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/ci.tests.yml
index 86ace67ed00d..0c4bd3bb34d4 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/ci.tests.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/ci.tests.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
         TestPipeline: ${{ parameters.TestPipeline }}
 
     - pwsh: |
-        $toxenvvar = "whl,sdist"
+        $toxenvvar = "whl,sdist,mindependency"
         if ('$(System.TeamProject)' -eq 'internal') {
           $toxenvvar = "whl,sdist,depends,latestdependency,mindependency,whl_no_aio"
         }