diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8116ab20c7..121e10e06e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 All notable changes to `dash` will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## [UNRELEASED]
+
+## Changed
+
+- [#2573](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2573) Use `julia --project` command inside `JuliaRunner`.
+
 ## [2.11.0] - 2023-06-23
 
 ## Added
diff --git a/dash/testing/application_runners.py b/dash/testing/application_runners.py
index 996cbf4f18..2b560c89da 100644
--- a/dash/testing/application_runners.py
+++ b/dash/testing/application_runners.py
@@ -505,7 +505,9 @@ def start(self, app, start_timeout=30, cwd=None):
 
         logger.info("Run Dash.jl app with julia => %s", app)
 
-        args = shlex.split(f"julia {os.path.realpath(app)}", posix=not self.is_windows)
+        args = shlex.split(
+            f"julia --project {os.path.realpath(app)}", posix=not self.is_windows
+        )
         logger.debug("start Dash.jl process with %s", args)
 
         try: