diff --git a/Hlt/Hlt2Conf/CMakeLists.txt b/Hlt/Hlt2Conf/CMakeLists.txt
index adf8f91353cdbc8fcdf1b314d10fe3a97f2122e8..527f12bea548a0f9a0e7bdedf38c9a2ca843557c 100644
--- a/Hlt/Hlt2Conf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Hlt/Hlt2Conf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ###############################################################################
-# (c) Copyright 2000-2021 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb Collaboration      #
+# (c) Copyright 2000-2025 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb Collaboration      #
 #                                                                             #
 # This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public      #
 # Licence version 3 (GPL Version 3), copied verbatim in the file "COPYING".   #
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ Hlt/Hlt2Conf
 gaudi_install(PYTHON)
 
 gaudi_add_tests(pytest ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python)
+foreach(tgt IN ITEMS Gaudi_MergeConfdb LHCb_MergeConfdb Lbcom_MergeConfdb Rec_MergeConfdb Allen_MergeConfdb GaudiKernelDict GaudiPythonDict DAQEventDict)
+    if(TARGET ${tgt}_MergeConfdb)
+        add_dependencies(pytest-prefetch-Hlt2Conf-Hlt2Conf.pytest.python ${tgt})
+    endif()
+endforeach()
 gaudi_add_tests(QMTest)
 
 if(BINARY_TAG MATCHES "san$")
diff --git a/Hlt/Moore/CMakeLists.txt b/Hlt/Moore/CMakeLists.txt
index 180bf6d95cfa3f13764bbb1cfa79488580e344e3..c1b2cf8af1353b5448d9b72d77aad9db2878e4da 100644
--- a/Hlt/Moore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Hlt/Moore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ###############################################################################
-# (c) Copyright 2000-2021 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb Collaboration      #
+# (c) Copyright 2000-2025 CERN for the benefit of the LHCb Collaboration      #
 #                                                                             #
 # This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public      #
 # Licence version 3 (GPL Version 3), copied verbatim in the file "COPYING".   #
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ Hlt/Moore
 gaudi_install(PYTHON)
 
 gaudi_add_tests(pytest ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python)
+foreach(project IN ITEMS Gaudi LHCb Lbcom Rec Allen)
+    if(TARGET ${project}_MergeConfdb)
+        add_dependencies(pytest-prefetch-Moore-Moore.pytest.python ${project}_MergeConfdb)
+    endif()
+endforeach()
 gaudi_add_tests(QMTest)
 
 if(NOT USE_DD4HEP)