diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 78abb43f..1a29e900 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -131,9 +131,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: '3.9'
         cache: pip
     - name: Install python deps
-      run: |
-        pip install requests
-        pip install redis
+      run: pip install -r requirements.txt
     - name: install dependencies
       run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --network-concurrency 1
     - name: ${{ matrix.test.name }}
@@ -222,9 +220,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: '3.9'
         cache: pip
     - name: Install python deps
-      run: |
-        pip install requests
-        pip install redis
+      run: pip install -r requirements.txt
     - name: install dependencies
       run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --network-concurrency 1
     - name: Wait for warp10 for 60 seconds
@@ -345,9 +341,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: '3.9'
         cache: pip
     - name: Install python deps
-      run: |
-        pip install requests
-        pip install redis
+      run: pip install -r requirements.txt
     - name: install dependencies
       run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --network-concurrency 1
     - name: Wait for warp10 a little bit
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3bf589d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+redis==5.0.3
+requests==2.31.0
\ No newline at end of file