diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index 200ae32f5e..6e2c9e8b86 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ chromadb
 snowflake-sqlalchemy
 selenium
 python-arango
+ionic-api-sdk
 
 # hotfix
 psutil