diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4ee4437..ab7b584 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ from setuptools import setup
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     setup(
-        install_requires=[],
+        install_requires=["numpy", "h5py", "bec-lib"],
         extras_require={"dev": ["pytest", "pytest-random-order", "coverage"]},
     )