diff --git a/ci/run_ctests.sh b/ci/run_ctests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..26f8aae5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/run_ctests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Support customizing the gtests' install location
+# First, try the installed location (CI/conda environments)
+installed_test_location="${INSTALL_PREFIX:-${CONDA_PREFIX:-/usr}}/bin/gtests/libcuopt/"
+# Fall back to the build directory (devcontainer environments)
+devcontainers_test_location="$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")/../cpp/build/latest/gtests/libcuopt/"
+
+if [[ -d "${installed_test_location}" ]]; then
+    GTEST_DIR="${installed_test_location}"
+elif [[ -d "${devcontainers_test_location}" ]]; then
+    GTEST_DIR="${devcontainers_test_location}"
+else
+    echo "Error: Test location not found. Searched:" >&2
+    echo "  - ${installed_test_location}" >&2
+    echo "  - ${devcontainers_test_location}" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+for gt in "${GTEST_DIR}"/*_TEST; do
+    test_name=$(basename "${gt}")
+    echo "Running gtest ${test_name}"
+    "${gt}" "$@"
+done
diff --git a/ci/run_cuopt_pytests.sh b/ci/run_cuopt_pytests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c074737d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/run_cuopt_pytests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# It is essential to cd into python/cuopt/cuopt as `pytest-xdist` + `coverage` seem to work only at this directory level.
+
+# Support invoking run_cuopt_pytests.sh outside the script directory
+cd "$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"/../python/cuopt/cuopt/
+
+pytest --cache-clear "$@" tests
diff --git a/ci/run_cuopt_server_pytests.sh b/ci/run_cuopt_server_pytests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4ffd21e0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/run_cuopt_server_pytests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# It is essential to cd into python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server as `pytest-xdist` + `coverage` seem to work only at this directory level.
+
+# Support invoking run_cuopt_server_pytests.sh outside the script directory
+cd "$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"/../python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/
+
+pytest --cache-clear "$@" tests
diff --git a/ci/test_cpp.sh b/ci/test_cpp.sh
index 00d1c8e77..653c44133 100755
--- a/ci/test_cpp.sh
+++ b/ci/test_cpp.sh
@@ -48,12 +48,11 @@ EXITCODE=0
 trap "EXITCODE=1" ERR
 set +e
 
+# Run gtests from libcuopt-tests package
+export GTEST_OUTPUT=xml:${RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR}/
+
 rapids-logger "Run gtests"
-for gt in "$CONDA_PREFIX"/bin/gtests/libcuopt/*_TEST ; do
-    test_name=$(basename "${gt}")
-    echo "Running gtest $test_name"
-    timeout 20m "${gt}" --gtest_output=xml:"{RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR}"
-done
+timeout 40m ./ci/run_ctests.sh
 
 rapids-logger "Test script exiting with value: $EXITCODE"
 exit ${EXITCODE}
diff --git a/ci/test_python.sh b/ci/test_python.sh
index 63b485253..0a70e56fa 100755
--- a/ci/test_python.sh
+++ b/ci/test_python.sh
@@ -58,29 +58,21 @@ rapids-logger "Test cuopt_cli"
 timeout 10m bash ./python/libcuopt/libcuopt/tests/test_cli.sh
 
 rapids-logger "pytest cuopt"
-pushd python/cuopt/cuopt
-timeout 30m pytest \
-  --cache-clear \
+timeout 30m ./ci/run_cuopt_pytests.sh \
   --junitxml="${RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR}/junit-cuopt.xml" \
   --cov-config=.coveragerc \
   --cov=cuopt \
   --cov-report=xml:"${RAPIDS_COVERAGE_DIR}/cuopt-coverage.xml" \
   --cov-report=term \
-  --ignore=raft \
-  tests
-popd
+  --ignore=raft
 
 rapids-logger "pytest cuopt-server"
-pushd python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server
-timeout 20m pytest \
-  --cache-clear \
+timeout 20m ./ci/run_cuopt_server_pytests.sh \
   --junitxml="${RAPIDS_TESTS_DIR}/junit-cuopt-server.xml" \
   --cov-config=.coveragerc \
   --cov=cuopt_server \
   --cov-report=xml:"${RAPIDS_COVERAGE_DIR}/cuopt-server-coverage.xml" \
-  --cov-report=term \
-  tests
-popd
+  --cov-report=term
 
 rapids-logger "Test script exiting with value: $EXITCODE"
 exit ${EXITCODE}
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cuopt.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cuopt.sh
index 2e466d5dc..b5faa8496 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cuopt.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cuopt.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ timeout 10m bash ./python/libcuopt/libcuopt/tests/test_cli.sh
 # Due to race condition in certain cases UCX might not be able to cleanup properly, so we set the number of threads to 1
 export OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
 
-RAPIDS_DATASET_ROOT_DIR=./datasets timeout 30m python -m pytest --verbose --capture=no ./python/cuopt/cuopt/tests/
+timeout 30m ./ci/run_cuopt_pytests.sh --verbose --capture=no
 
 # run thirdparty integration tests for only nightly builds
 if [[ "${RAPIDS_BUILD_TYPE}" == "nightly" ]]; then
diff --git a/ci/test_wheel_cuopt_server.sh b/ci/test_wheel_cuopt_server.sh
index 0e65887d7..68e3aa931 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel_cuopt_server.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel_cuopt_server.sh
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ rapids-pip-retry install \
 ./datasets/linear_programming/download_pdlp_test_dataset.sh
 ./datasets/mip/download_miplib_test_dataset.sh
 
+RAPIDS_DATASET_ROOT_DIR="$(realpath datasets)"
+export RAPIDS_DATASET_ROOT_DIR
 
-RAPIDS_DATASET_ROOT_DIR=./datasets timeout 30m python -m pytest --verbose --capture=no ./python/cuopt_server/cuopt_server/tests/
+timeout 30m ./ci/run_cuopt_server_pytests.sh --verbose --capture=no
 
 # Run documentation tests
 ./ci/test_doc_examples.sh