diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d42bbdb8..355bef64 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+opencv-python==4.9.0.80
 jinja2==3.1
-numpy==1.23.2
 pandas==2.1
-pyproj==3.6.0
+pyproj==3.7.0
 rasterio==1.3.7
-scikit-image==0.20.0
+scikit-image==0.24.0
 requests==2.31.0
-skyfield==1.45.0
\ No newline at end of file
+skyfield==1.45.0
diff --git a/src/IceFloeTracker.jl b/src/IceFloeTracker.jl
index 7c605e28..c695aa1f 100644
--- a/src/IceFloeTracker.jl
+++ b/src/IceFloeTracker.jl
@@ -83,12 +83,21 @@ end
 
 const IFTVERSION = get_version_from_toml()
 
+
 const sk_measure = PyNULL()
 const sk_morphology = PyNULL()
 const sk_exposure = PyNULL()
 const getlatlon = PyNULL()
+const cv2 = PyNULL()
 
 function __init__()
+    try
+        copy!(cv2, pyimport("cv2"))
+    catch e
+        pyimport("subprocess").run([
+            "python", "-m", "pip", "install", "opencv-python==4.9.0.80"
+        ])
+    end
     skimage = "scikit-image=0.24.0"
     copy!(sk_measure, pyimport_conda("skimage.measure", skimage))
     copy!(sk_exposure, pyimport_conda("skimage.exposure", skimage))
@@ -102,6 +111,14 @@ function __init__()
     return nothing
 end
 
+function get_version_from_toml(pth=dirname(dirname(pathof(IceFloeTracker))))::VersionNumber
+    toml = TOML.parsefile(joinpath(pth, "Project.toml"))
+    return VersionNumber(toml["version"])
+end
+
+const IFTVERSION = get_version_from_toml()
+
+
 include("regionprops.jl")
 include("segmentation_a_direct.jl")
 include("segmentation_b.jl")