diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 723df454..2323f0bd 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ install_requires =
     s3fs>=2022.8.2  # for remote cutouts
     s3path>=0.5.7 # for remote file paths
     roman_datamodels>=0.17.0 # for roman file support
+    requests>=2.32.3 # for making HTTP requests
     scipy
     Pillow