diff --git a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
index 22c5b2e..abf9bdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         pip install -e .
-        pip install flake8 pytest pytest-cov codecov wheel
+        pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |
         # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
@@ -42,5 +42,4 @@ jobs:
         python -c "import robotools; print(robotools.__version__)"
     - name: Test Wheel with twine
       run: |
-        pip install twine
         twine check dist/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index aa5f8d4..0560503 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         pip install -e .
-        pip install flake8 pytest pytest-cov twine wheel
+        pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         pytest --cov=./robotools --cov-report xml --cov-report term-missing robotools
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4e168c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+codecov
+flake8
+pytest
+pytest-cov
+twine
+wheel
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5da331c..24ce15a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 numpy
-pandas