diff --git a/api/tests/artifact_tests/dependencies/test_dependencies_sorted.py b/api/tests/artifact_tests/dependencies/test_dependencies_sorted.py
index 518cee1a3..64f2884c4 100644
--- a/api/tests/artifact_tests/dependencies/test_dependencies_sorted.py
+++ b/api/tests/artifact_tests/dependencies/test_dependencies_sorted.py
@@ -2,36 +2,23 @@ from typing import Any
 
 import toml
 
-ALL_DEPENDENCY_GROUP_NAMES = [
-    # default main group
-    "",
-    # required groups
-    "indirect",
-    "storage",
-    "tools",
-    "vdb",
-    # optional groups
-    "dev",
-    "lint",
-]
-
 
 def load_api_poetry_configs() -> dict[str, Any]:
     pyproject_toml = toml.load("api/pyproject.toml")
-    return pyproject_toml.get("tool").get("poetry")
+    return pyproject_toml["tool"]["poetry"]
 
 
-def load_dependency_groups() -> dict[str, dict[str, dict[str, Any]]]:
-    poetry_configs = load_api_poetry_configs()
-    group_name_to_dependencies = {
-        group_name: (poetry_configs.get("group").get(group_name) if group_name else poetry_configs).get("dependencies")
-        for group_name in ALL_DEPENDENCY_GROUP_NAMES
-    }
-    return group_name_to_dependencies
+def load_all_dependency_groups() -> dict[str, dict[str, dict[str, Any]]]:
+    configs = load_api_poetry_configs()
+    configs_by_group = {"main": configs}
+    for group_name in configs["group"]:
+        configs_by_group[group_name] = configs["group"][group_name]
+    dependencies_by_group = {group_name: base["dependencies"] for group_name, base in configs_by_group.items()}
+    return dependencies_by_group
 
 
 def test_group_dependencies_sorted():
-    for group_name, dependencies in load_dependency_groups().items():
+    for group_name, dependencies in load_all_dependency_groups().items():
         dependency_names = list(dependencies.keys())
         expected_dependency_names = sorted(set(dependency_names))
         section = f"tool.poetry.group.{group_name}.dependencies" if group_name else "tool.poetry.dependencies"
@@ -42,17 +29,18 @@ def test_group_dependencies_sorted():
 
 
 def test_group_dependencies_version_operator():
-    for group_name, dependencies in load_dependency_groups().items():
+    for group_name, dependencies in load_all_dependency_groups().items():
         for dependency_name, specification in dependencies.items():
-            version_spec = specification if isinstance(specification, str) else specification.get("version")
+            version_spec = specification if isinstance(specification, str) else specification["version"]
             assert not version_spec.startswith("^"), (
-                f"'^' is not allowed in dependency version," f" but found in '{dependency_name} = {version_spec}'"
+                f"Please replace '{dependency_name} = {version_spec}' with '{dependency_name} = ~{version_spec[1:]}' "
+                f"'^' operator is too wide and not allowed in the version specification."
             )
 
 
 def test_duplicated_dependency_crossing_groups():
     all_dependency_names: list[str] = []
-    for dependencies in load_dependency_groups().values():
+    for dependencies in load_all_dependency_groups().values():
         dependency_names = list(dependencies.keys())
         all_dependency_names.extend(dependency_names)
     expected_all_dependency_names = set(all_dependency_names)