diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b02c408..7287c34 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ pika==1.3.2
 paramiko==3.5.0
 python-multipart==0.0.20
 faster-whisper==1.1.1
+requests==2.32.5
diff --git a/tests/test_streaming_asr_sidecar_service.py b/tests/test_streaming_asr_sidecar_service.py
index 5b6a09f..2b330d3 100644
--- a/tests/test_streaming_asr_sidecar_service.py
+++ b/tests/test_streaming_asr_sidecar_service.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import base64
 import time
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 
@@ -179,3 +180,15 @@ def test_streaming_asr_sidecar_cleans_up_idle_streams(monkeypatch):
         headers=_admin_headers(),
     )
     assert missing_response.status_code == 404
+
+
+def test_streaming_asr_sidecar_requirements_include_requests_dependency():
+    requirements_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "requirements.txt"
+    requirements = {
+        line.strip()
+        for line in requirements_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines()
+        if line.strip() and not line.lstrip().startswith("#")
+    }
+
+    assert any(line.startswith("faster-whisper==") for line in requirements)
+    assert any(line.startswith("requests==") for line in requirements)