diff --git a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
index 5d1468b251..aeb32f967a 100644
--- a/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/codex-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -1821,6 +1821,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "codex-app-server-protocol",
  "codex-arg0",
  "codex-backend-client",
+ "codex-cli",
  "codex-common",
  "codex-core",
  "codex-feedback",
@@ -1829,6 +1830,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "codex-protocol",
  "codex-tui",
  "codex-utils-absolute-path",
+ "codex-utils-cargo-bin",
+ "codex-utils-pty",
  "codex-windows-sandbox",
  "color-eyre",
  "crossterm",
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/tests/all.rs b/codex-rs/tui/tests/all.rs
index beb7960879..91de618f68 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/tests/all.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/tests/all.rs
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "vt100-tests")]
 mod test_backend;
 
+#[allow(unused_imports)]
+use codex_cli as _; // Keep dev-dep for cargo-shear; tests spawn the codex binary.
+
 mod suite;
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui2/Cargo.toml b/codex-rs/tui2/Cargo.toml
index 3108e5561e..391d216999 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui2/Cargo.toml
+++ b/codex-rs/tui2/Cargo.toml
@@ -109,7 +109,10 @@ arboard = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_matches = { workspace = true }
+codex-cli = { workspace = true }
 codex-core = { workspace = true, features = ["test-support"] }
+codex-utils-cargo-bin = { workspace = true }
+codex-utils-pty = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 insta = { workspace = true }
 pretty_assertions = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui2/tests/all.rs b/codex-rs/tui2/tests/all.rs
index beb7960879..91de618f68 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui2/tests/all.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui2/tests/all.rs
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "vt100-tests")]
 mod test_backend;
 
+#[allow(unused_imports)]
+use codex_cli as _; // Keep dev-dep for cargo-shear; tests spawn the codex binary.
+
 mod suite;