diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
index dac1219245e84..369d27b8c97b9 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-310.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ dependencies:
   - pytest>=6.0
   - pytest-cov
   - pytest-xdist>=1.31
-  - hypothesis>=5.5.3
   - psutil
   - pytest-asyncio>=0.17
   - boto3
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ dependencies:
   - fastparquet
   - fsspec
   - html5lib
+  - hypothesis
   - gcsfs
   - jinja2
   - lxml
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-38-downstream_compat.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-38-downstream_compat.yaml
index 629d7b501692d..946e86bf62674 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-38-downstream_compat.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-38-downstream_compat.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ dependencies:
   - pytest>=6.0
   - pytest-cov
   - pytest-xdist>=1.31
-  - hypothesis>=5.5.3
   - psutil
   - pytest-asyncio>=0.17
   - boto3
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ dependencies:
   - fastparquet
   - fsspec
   - html5lib
+  - hypothesis
   - gcsfs
   - jinja2
   - lxml
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-38-minimum_versions.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-38-minimum_versions.yaml
index f3a967f67cbc3..99f8b89d1d562 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-38-minimum_versions.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-38-minimum_versions.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ dependencies:
   - pytest>=6.0
   - pytest-cov
   - pytest-xdist>=1.31
-  - hypothesis>=5.5.3
   - psutil
   - pytest-asyncio>=0.17
   - boto3
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ dependencies:
   - fastparquet=0.4.0
   - fsspec=0.7.4
   - html5lib=1.1
+  - hypothesis=5.5.3
   - gcsfs=0.6.0
   - jinja2=2.11
   - lxml=4.5.0
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-38.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-38.yaml
index 79cd831051c2f..2b07d5f9e89a7 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-38.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-38.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ dependencies:
   - pytest>=6.0
   - pytest-cov
   - pytest-xdist>=1.31
-  - hypothesis>=5.5.3
   - psutil
   - pytest-asyncio>=0.17
   - boto3
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ dependencies:
   - fastparquet
   - fsspec
   - html5lib
+  - hypothesis
   - gcsfs
   - jinja2
   - lxml
diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml
index 1c681104f3196..de726e105a8f8 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-39.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ dependencies:
   - pytest>=6.0
   - pytest-cov
   - pytest-xdist>=1.31
-  - hypothesis>=5.5.3
   - psutil
   - pytest-asyncio>=0.17
   - boto3
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ dependencies:
   - fastparquet
   - fsspec
   - html5lib
+  - hypothesis
   - gcsfs
   - jinja2
   - lxml
diff --git a/ci/deps/circle-38-arm64.yaml b/ci/deps/circle-38-arm64.yaml
index 66fedccc5eca7..0f57dc8058086 100644
--- a/ci/deps/circle-38-arm64.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/circle-38-arm64.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ dependencies:
   - pytest>=6.0
   - pytest-cov
   - pytest-xdist>=1.31
-  - hypothesis>=5.5.3
   - psutil
   - pytest-asyncio>=0.17
   - boto3
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ dependencies:
   - fastparquet
   - fsspec
   - html5lib
+  - hypothesis
   - gcsfs
   - jinja2
   - lxml
diff --git a/pandas/compat/_optional.py b/pandas/compat/_optional.py
index e69bee5c647d8..43134c3ab01d5 100644
--- a/pandas/compat/_optional.py
+++ b/pandas/compat/_optional.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "fastparquet": "0.4.0",
     "fsspec": "0.7.4",
     "html5lib": "1.1",
+    "hypothesis": "5.5.3",
     "gcsfs": "0.6.0",
     "jinja2": "2.11",
     "lxml.etree": "4.5.0",
diff --git a/pandas/util/_tester.py b/pandas/util/_tester.py
index 6725a84aee962..1b018a6a1ba34 100644
--- a/pandas/util/_tester.py
+++ b/pandas/util/_tester.py
@@ -1,24 +1,29 @@
 """
 Entrypoint for testing from the top-level namespace.
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import os
 import sys
 
+from pandas.compat._optional import import_optional_dependency
+
 PKG = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 
 
-def test(extra_args=None):
+def test(extra_args: list[str] | None = None):
     """
     Run the pandas test suite using pytest.
+
+    By default, runs with the marks --skip-slow, --skip-network, --skip-db
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    extra_args : list[str], default None
+        Extra marks to run the tests.
     """
-    try:
-        import pytest
-    except ImportError as err:
-        raise ImportError("Need pytest>=5.0.1 to run tests") from err
-    try:
-        import hypothesis  # noqa:F401
-    except ImportError as err:
-        raise ImportError("Need hypothesis>=3.58 to run tests") from err
+    pytest = import_optional_dependency("pytest")
+    import_optional_dependency("hypothesis")
     cmd = ["--skip-slow", "--skip-network", "--skip-db"]
     if extra_args:
         if not isinstance(extra_args, list):