diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_code.yml b/.github/workflows/test_code.yml
index ee75fe41e..b68e1a0ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_code.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_code.yml
@@ -33,5 +33,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install folium from source
       run: python -m pip install -e . --no-deps --force-reinstall
 
+    - name: Install js_loader
+      run: python -m pip install js_loader
+
     - name: Code tests
       run: python -m pytest -vv --ignore=tests/selenium
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_selenium.yml b/.github/workflows/test_selenium.yml
index 34cd05430..494b0181f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_selenium.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_selenium.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash -l {0}
       run: python -m pip install -e . --no-deps --force-reinstall
 
+    - name: Install js_loader
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: python -m pip install js_loader
+
     - name: Selenium tests
       shell: bash -l {0}
       run: python -m pytest tests/selenium -vv
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 88c2afce7..dff8e41f4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 branca>=0.6.0
 jinja2>=2.9
-js_loader
 numpy
 requests
 xyzservices
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a2cf34823..0ba839786 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def walk_subpkg(name):
 with open("requirements.txt") as f:
     tests_require = f.readlines()
 install_requires = [t.strip() for t in tests_require]
+install_requires.append("js_loader")
 
 setup(
     name="folium",