diff --git a/Docker/github_ci_dockerfile b/Docker/github_ci_dockerfile
index fd5bd6f1..53fa9d22 100644
--- a/Docker/github_ci_dockerfile
+++ b/Docker/github_ci_dockerfile
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \
       python3-skimage \
       python3-sphinx \
       python3-sphinx-rtd-theme \
+      python3-tomli \
       rsync \
       sudo \
       && \
diff --git a/Docker/openmpi_dockerfile b/Docker/openmpi_dockerfile
index a4656079..e6e4b851 100644
--- a/Docker/openmpi_dockerfile
+++ b/Docker/openmpi_dockerfile
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-ins
       python3-skimage \
       python3-sphinx \
       python3-sphinx-rtd-theme \
+      python3-tomli \
       && \
       apt-get autoremove --purge -y && \
       apt-get autoclean -y && \
@@ -242,4 +243,3 @@ RUN ["chmod", "+x", "/usr/local/bin/jupyter.sh"]
 
 # change user and group id to match host machine if options are passed accordingly
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
-
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 93032734..6d2e0388 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ scipy
 argparse
 pytest
 scikit-image
+# From python 3.11 and newer, toml is part of standard implementation
+tomli