diff --git a/lib/galaxy_test/base/api.py b/lib/galaxy_test/base/api.py
index 6644de284d32..7ccb906a4ac7 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy_test/base/api.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy_test/base/api.py
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ def _request_celery_app(self, celery_session_app, celery_config):
             if os.environ.get("GALAXY_TEST_EXTERNAL") is None:
                 from galaxy.celery import celery_app
 
-                celery_app.fork_pool.stop()
-                celery_app.fork_pool.join(timeout=5)
+                if hasattr(celery_app, "fork_pool"):
+                    celery_app.fork_pool.stop()
+                    celery_app.fork_pool.join(timeout=5)
 
     @pytest.fixture(autouse=True, scope="session")
     def _request_celery_worker(self, celery_session_worker, celery_config, celery_worker_parameters):
diff --git a/packages/test_base/setup.cfg b/packages/test_base/setup.cfg
index 79bbafcee13d..3957b23c59d6 100644
--- a/packages/test_base/setup.cfg
+++ b/packages/test_base/setup.cfg
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ install_requires =
     pytest
     PyYAML
     requests
+    pytest-celery
 packages = find:
 python_requires = >=3.7