diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1ffb075b46d069a330b084e0f2b4018d364fc2f4..fd8ebc1f5c56eb703810b49c7e64723e1c7924f7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ urllib3>=1.26.6
 apache-airflow-providers-ssh
 apache-airflow-providers-http
 apache-airflow-providers-sftp
+python-dotenv
 --index-url https://gitlab.jsc.fz-juelich.de/api/v4/projects/4405/packages/pypi/simple
 airflow_datacat_integration
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