diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5519424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+jupyter-client
+nbformat
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_demos.sh b/tests/test_demos.sh
index a43eadd8..527285fc 100755
--- a/tests/test_demos.sh
+++ b/tests/test_demos.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ touch .ivy/key.pem
 echo -n "$1" > .ivy/key.pem
 
 # install dependencies
-python3 -m pip install jupyter-client nbformat
 python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt >/dev/null 2>&1
 
 # run test