diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index a415e98..4dd6703 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python -m pip install setuptools
           if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
-          python -m pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-html ruff
-          python -m pip install requests cheroot lxml wsgidav
+          python -m pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-html ruff cheroot wsgidav
           # python -m pip install psutil stressor-ps
           pip list
 
diff --git a/requiements.txt b/requiements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acd0414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requiements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# used by GH action
+fabulist
+lxml
+python-dateutil
+PyYAML
+requests
+snazzy