diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-and-integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/api-and-integration-tests.yml
index bb2433d67..e5c451c84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api-and-integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-and-integration-tests.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ jobs:
         cd yoda/docker/compose
         docker exec portal.yoda sh -c 'set -x ; cd /var/www/yoda && git config remote.origin.fetch  "+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*" && git pull'
         docker exec portal.yoda sh -c 'set -x ; cd /var/www/yoda && git checkout ${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch }} || git checkout development'
+        docker exec portal.yoda sh -c 'set -x ; cd /var/www/yoda && . venv/bin/activate && venv/bin/pip3 install -r requirements.txt'
         docker exec portal.yoda sh -c 'set -x ; cd /var/www/yoda && git status'
         docker exec portal.yoda sh -c 'set -x ; touch /var/www/yoda/*.wsgi'