diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 364ace130..46cd3ceb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -261,3 +261,40 @@ jobs:
           FLAG: ${{ matrix.flag }}
         shell: bash
         run: python -c "from skpro.tests._test_vm import run_test_vm; run_test_vm('${{ matrix.flag }}')"
+
+  test-deps-2024:
+    needs: run-tests-no-extras
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - run: git remote set-branches origin 'main'
+
+      - run: git fetch --depth 1
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.12
+
+      - name: Display Python version
+        run: python -c "import sys; print(sys.version)"
+
+      - name: Install sktime and dependencies
+        run: pip install .[dev,dependencies_2024]
+        env:
+          UV_SYSTEM_PYTHON: 1
+
+      - name: Show dependencies
+        run: python -m pip list
+
+      - name: Show available branches
+        run: git branch -a
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: make test
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 232611080..fd182f8bd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ docs = [
     "tabulate",
 ]
 
+# CI related soft dependency sets - not for users of sktime, only for developers
+# these are for special uses and may be changed or removed at any time
+
+# August 2024 (briefly after numpy2 release)
+dependencies_2024 = [
+    "numpy==2.1.0",
+    "pandas==2.3.2",
+    "scikit-learn==1.5.1",
+    "scipy==1.14.1",
+]
+
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/sktime/skpro"
 Repository = "https://github.com/sktime/skpro"
diff --git a/skpro/survival/adapters/lifelines.py b/skpro/survival/adapters/lifelines.py
index 34381b8c7..ebdaa91a7 100644
--- a/skpro/survival/adapters/lifelines.py
+++ b/skpro/survival/adapters/lifelines.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # copyright: sktime developers, BSD-3-Clause License (see LICENSE file)
-"""Implements adapter for lifelines models."""
+"""Adapter for lifelines models."""
 
 __all__ = ["_LifelinesAdapter"]
 __author__ = ["fkiraly"]
diff --git a/skpro/survival/adapters/sksurv.py b/skpro/survival/adapters/sksurv.py
index 5774fa496..9d7b43c1e 100644
--- a/skpro/survival/adapters/sksurv.py
+++ b/skpro/survival/adapters/sksurv.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # copyright: sktime developers, BSD-3-Clause License (see LICENSE file)
-"""Implements adapter for scikit-survival models."""
+"""Adapter for scikit-survival models."""
 
 __all__ = ["_SksurvAdapter"]
 __author__ = ["fkiraly"]