diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d6a1215..841215f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     long_description = fh.read()
 
 setuptools.setup(name='planutils',
-      version='0.5.3',
+      version='0.5.4',
       description='General library for setting up linux-based environments for developing, running, and evaluating planners.',
       long_description=long_description,
       long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@
       ],
       python_requires='>=3.6',
       include_package_data=True,
+      install_requires=['requests'],
       zip_safe=False)