diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index f174ca2..662901c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install MkDocs and dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install mkdocs mkdocs-macros-plugin
+        pip install mkdocs mkdocs-macros-plugin requests
 
     - name: Build docs
       run: mkdocs build
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 20739cd..7b691bc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "netCDF4",
   "pandas",
   "pytz",
-  "requests",
 ]
 keywords = ["oceanography", "waves", "buoy", "data"]