diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage_test.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage_test.yml
index 50b3ab640..82e82c23f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage_test.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-
+      
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-asyncio
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pip install pytest pytest-cov pytest-asyncio
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: PYTHONPATH=./ pytest --cov=. tests/ -v