diff --git a/.github/workflows/aste_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/aste_ci.yml
index 2bfc4b97..437e9fbe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aste_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aste_ci.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: install example dependencies
         run: |
-          python3 -m pip install sympy scipy jinja2
+          python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
       - name: prepare directories
         run: |
           mkdir build_gcc build_clang
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 01c47f3f..9b792065 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ The python tools require
 
 - NumPy
 - sympy (optional)
+- jinja2 (optional)
+- scipy (optional)
 
 which can be installed directly using pip and the `requirements.txt` file in the repository
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index acdb8be4..54ab460d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+jinja2
 numpy
+scipy
 sympy>=1.9