diff --git a/ci/test_python.sh b/ci/test_python.sh
index bb771d49ec1..1bab1e3c7c9 100755
--- a/ci/test_python.sh
+++ b/ci/test_python.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ rapids-logger "pytest cugraph (not mg, with xdist)"
   --numprocesses=8 \
   --dist=worksteal \
   -m "not mg" \
-  -k "not test_bulk_sampler and not test_create_undirected_graph_from_asymmetric_adj_list and not test_uniform_neighbor_sample and not test_node2vec and not(test_property_graph.py and cyber)" \
+  -k "not test_bulk_sampler and not test_create_undirected_graph_from_asymmetric_adj_list and not test_uniform_neighbor_sample and not test_node2vec and not(test_property_graph.py and cyber) and not test_dataset" \
   --cov-config=../../.coveragerc \
   --cov=cugraph \
   --cov-report=xml:"${RAPIDS_COVERAGE_DIR}/cugraph-coverage.xml" \
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ rapids-logger "pytest cugraph (mg, with xdist)"
   --cov-report=xml:"${RAPIDS_COVERAGE_DIR}/cugraph-coverage.xml" \
   --cov-report=term
 
+rapids-logger "pytest cugraph (dataset)"
+./ci/run_cugraph_pytests.sh \
+  -v \
+  --numprocesses=8 \
+  --dist=worksteal \
+  -k "test_dataset"
+
 rapids-logger "pytest cugraph (mg dist_sampler and uns)"
 ./ci/run_cugraph_pytests.sh \
   --verbose \
diff --git a/python/cugraph/cugraph/tests/utils/test_dataset.py b/python/cugraph/cugraph/tests/utils/test_dataset.py
index 98c2a91a731..0b99058090d 100644
--- a/python/cugraph/cugraph/tests/utils/test_dataset.py
+++ b/python/cugraph/cugraph/tests/utils/test_dataset.py
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ def test_download_dask(dask_client, dataset):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("dataset", SMALL_DATASETS)
-@pytest.mark.skip("Failing in 25.12 CI")
 def test_reader(dataset):
     # defaults to using cudf
     E = dataset.get_edgelist()