diff --git a/gguf-py/pyproject.toml b/gguf-py/pyproject.toml
index 0f3a1eeee8..f6c4cd14e7 100644
--- a/gguf-py/pyproject.toml
+++ b/gguf-py/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ python = ">=3.8"
 numpy = ">=1.17"
 tqdm = ">=4.27"
 pyyaml = ">=5.1"
+requests = ">=2.25"
 sentencepiece = { version = ">=0.1.98,<=0.2.0", optional = true }
 PySide6 = { version = "^6.9", python = ">=3.9,<3.14", optional = true }