diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 070d87c01..41d1f069f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ Install this collection using the Ansible Galaxy CLI:
 ansible-galaxy collection install paloaltonetworks.panos
 ```
 
+Install the collection's python dependencies using the Python pip installer and the `requirements.txt` file found in the root of this repository:
+
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
 Usage
 -----
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bb86da67f..3f1d222f8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@ xmltodict==0.12.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "4.0" \
     --hash=sha256:8bbcb45cc982f48b2ca8fe7e7827c5d792f217ecf1792626f808bf41c3b86051
 panos-upgrade-assurance==0.3.0 ; python_version >= "3.8" and python_version < "4.0" \
     --hash=sha256:0e5bb1a1f5bf317086fe118fb80f5d03c1aa1426c8ecdcda657983f392accc63 \
-    --hash=sha256:88bfc470f9bfa09ed22c919f8328782868c649d44e97a06c8d29c32e0211c257
\ No newline at end of file
+    --hash=sha256:88bfc470f9bfa09ed22c919f8328782868c649d44e97a06c8d29c32e0211c257
+pyopenssl==23.3.0 ; python_version > "3.8" and python_version < "4.0" \
+    --hash=sha256:6756834481d9ed5470f4a9393455154bc92fe7a64b7bc6ee2c804e78c52099b2
+cryptography==41.0.7 ; python_version > "3.8" and python_version < "4.0" \
+    --hash=sha256:43f2552a2378b44869fe8827aa19e69512e3245a219104438692385b0ee119d1
diff --git a/requirements.yml b/requirements.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c69986fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+collections:
+  - paloaltonetworks.panos