diff --git a/playbooks/maintain-github-mirror/run.yaml b/playbooks/maintain-github-mirror/run.yaml
index 0171f4d671..56ca6321b1 100644
--- a/playbooks/maintain-github-mirror/run.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/maintain-github-mirror/run.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         name:
           - PyGithub
           - PyYAML
+          - requests
         virtualenv: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/.venv"
         virtualenv_command: "{{ ensure_pip_virtualenv_command }}"