diff --git a/tools/repo_stats/requirements.txt b/tools/repo_stats/requirements.txt
index edb115445..22ed0f1c7 100644
--- a/tools/repo_stats/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/repo_stats/requirements.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ requests==2.32.3
 numpy==2.1.3
 pillow==11.0.0
 loguru==0.7.3
+markdown==3.7  # to run the report checker