diff --git a/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/tests/test_string_convert_durations.py b/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/tests/test_string_convert_durations.py
index 353ffaf988a..137ecb5c394 100644
--- a/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/tests/test_string_convert_durations.py
+++ b/python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/tests/test_string_convert_durations.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def pa_duration_col():
     return pa.array(["05:20:25"])
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
+@pytest.fixture(scope=module)
 def plc_duration_col(pa_duration_col):
     return plc.interop.from_arrow(pa_duration_col)