diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index bd5822a..69ee8bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install PySide6==6.7.2 fitspy==2024.5 openpyxl==3.1.5 pandas==2.2.3 matplotlib==3.8.4 seaborn==0.13.2 markdown==3.7 lmfit superqt
+          python -m pip install PySide6==6.7.2 pytest fitspy==2024.5 openpyxl==3.1.5 pandas==2.2.3 matplotlib==3.8.4 seaborn==0.13.2 markdown==3.7 lmfit superqt
 
 
       - name: installed packages