diff --git a/packages/files/setup.cfg b/packages/files/setup.cfg
index f294659aa77f..dc0599c9b7c3 100644
--- a/packages/files/setup.cfg
+++ b/packages/files/setup.cfg
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ version = 23.2.dev0
 [options]
 include_package_data = True
 install_requires =
-    galaxy-util
+    galaxy-util[config_template]
     fs
     isal
     typing-extensions
diff --git a/packages/objectstore/setup.cfg b/packages/objectstore/setup.cfg
index 0b47a88eaa10..6ba5fe551e67 100644
--- a/packages/objectstore/setup.cfg
+++ b/packages/objectstore/setup.cfg
@@ -33,10 +33,9 @@ version = 23.2.dev0
 [options]
 include_package_data = True
 install_requires =
-    galaxy-util
+    galaxy-util[config_template]
     pydantic>=2,!=2.6.0,!=2.6.1
     PyYAML
-    Jinja2
 packages = find:
 python_requires = >=3.7
 
diff --git a/packages/test.sh b/packages/test.sh
index 0d1d1655d941..be98e038285e 100755
--- a/packages/test.sh
+++ b/packages/test.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ while read -r package_dir || [ -n "$package_dir" ]; do  # https://stackoverflow.
 
     # Install extras (if needed)
     if [ "$package_dir" = "util" ]; then
-        pip install '.[template,jstree]'
+        pip install '.[template,jstree,config_template]'
     elif [ "$package_dir" = "tool_util" ]; then
         pip install '.[cwl,mulled,edam,extended-assertions]'
     else
diff --git a/packages/util/setup.cfg b/packages/util/setup.cfg
index a3a9d4619367..d0a614868fa5 100644
--- a/packages/util/setup.cfg
+++ b/packages/util/setup.cfg
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ template =
     future>=1.0.0
 config_template =
     Jinja2
+    pydantic
 
 [options.packages.find]
 exclude =