diff --git a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
index 439d89a583..9491b885a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install pylint
+        pip install -r python/requirements.txt
     - name: Analysing the code with pylint
       run: |
         cd python
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-         pip install pylint
+         pip install -r python/requirements.txt
      - name: Analysing the code with pylint
        run: |
          cd python
diff --git a/python/requirements.txt b/python/requirements.txt
index 1343e7edb4..18029185b9 100644
--- a/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/python/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-Requirements for testing:
-
-- If using python < 3.3, requires the mock library (this is available in
-  the standard library in python 3.3+)
+pandas
+tqdm
+scipy
+netcdf4
+requests
+packaging
+numpy
+xarray
+xesmf
+numba
+pylint
+black
+cartopy
+matplotlib