Different test dependencies for different Julia versions?

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I want to make a package compatible with Julia 1.6, but some of my test dependencies are only compatible with Julia 1.10. How can I avoid requiring them when testing on 1.6?
The associated tests can be put inside an if VERSION >= v"1.10" but AFAICT pkg> test will still try to install every all the test dependencies. Is that best handled in the CI files?

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In TestEnv.jl’s own tests it is managed via using Pkg.add within the actual source code of the tests.
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