diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 06f5b80e0f3c441919df402cc73876d6f1b1d4cb..743897ce99e981079f923acbd18aa68999872576 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -61,3 +61,8 @@ packages = ["edge_cloud_management_api"]
 [tool.mypy]
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 explicit_package_bases = true
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+  "types-requests"
+]