diff --git a/.github/workflows/upstream-dev-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/upstream-dev-ci.yaml
index 8e8fc16f50b..9f29a4ddc31 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upstream-dev-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upstream-dev-ci.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ jobs:
       artifacts_availability: ${{ steps.status.outputs.ARTIFACTS_AVAILABLE }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch all history for all branches and tags.
       - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
         with:
           channels: conda-forge
@@ -60,6 +62,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mamba env update -f ci/requirements/environment.yml
           bash ci/install-upstream-wheels.sh
+      - name: Install xarray
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --no-deps -e .
       - name: Version info
         run: |
           conda info -a
diff --git a/ci/install-upstream-wheels.sh b/ci/install-upstream-wheels.sh
index 8458a8df352..c5a640c5a81 100755
--- a/ci/install-upstream-wheels.sh
+++ b/ci/install-upstream-wheels.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ conda uninstall -y --force \
     rasterio \
     pint \
     bottleneck \
-    sparse
+    sparse \
+    xarray
 # to limit the runtime of Upstream CI
 python -m pip install pytest-timeout
 python -m pip install \