diff --git a/ci/install-upstream-wheels.sh b/ci/install-upstream-wheels.sh
index 855336ad8bd..af8a21c1dbb 100755
--- a/ci/install-upstream-wheels.sh
+++ b/ci/install-upstream-wheels.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ fi
 $conda remove -y numba numbagg sparse
 # temporarily remove numexpr
 $conda remove -y numexpr
-# temporarily remove backends
-$conda remove -y pydap
 # forcibly remove packages to avoid artifacts
 $conda remove -y --force \
     numpy \
diff --git a/ci/requirements/all-but-dask.yml b/ci/requirements/all-but-dask.yml
index 119db282ad9..2f47643cc87 100644
--- a/ci/requirements/all-but-dask.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements/all-but-dask.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pandas
   - pint>=0.22
   - pip
-  # - pydap
+  - pydap
   - pytest
   - pytest-cov
   - pytest-env
diff --git a/ci/requirements/environment-windows.yml b/ci/requirements/environment-windows.yml
index 896e390ea3e..3b2e6dc62e6 100644
--- a/ci/requirements/environment-windows.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements/environment-windows.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dependencies:
   # - pint>=0.22
   - pip
   - pre-commit
-  # - pydap
+  - pydap
   - pytest
   - pytest-cov
   - pytest-env
diff --git a/ci/requirements/environment.yml b/ci/requirements/environment.yml
index 40ef4a7fc74..865c2fd9b19 100644
--- a/ci/requirements/environment.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements/environment.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pooch
   - pre-commit
   - pyarrow # pandas raises a deprecation warning without this, breaking doctests
-  # - pydap
+  - pydap
   - pytest
   - pytest-cov
   - pytest-env
diff --git a/doc/whats-new.rst b/doc/whats-new.rst
index 2cf2d5928bf..e7f290dae16 100644
--- a/doc/whats-new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats-new.rst
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ Documentation
 Internal Changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+- Re-enable testing ``pydap`` backend with ``numpy>=2`` (:pull:`9391`).
+  By `Miguel Jimenez <https://github.com/Mikejmnez>`_ .
+
 
 
 .. _whats-new.2024.07.0: