diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6ee96e63..e6fd2330 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "zarr",
     "python-dotenv",
     "nptyping",
+    "requests",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]