diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 13ff3a9..8752359 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         cache-dependency-path: '**/pyproject.toml'
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
+        pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install -e '.[test]'
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5a8eaa1..4763a85 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,29 @@ version = "2.6.0"
 description = "This is a package to provide some common utilities for Django projects at Democracy Club."
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{name = "Sym Roe"}, {name = "Virginia Dooley"}]
+dependencies = [
+	"django>=3.2,<4.3",
+	"black", 
+	"curlylint",
+	"isort",
+	"ipdb",
+	"django-pipeline==2.1.0",
+	"markdown",
+	"django-localflavor==3.1",
+	"setuptools==65.5.1",
+	"pre-commit",
+	"djhtml",
+	"pytest",
+	"pytest-django",
+	"pytest-mock",
+	"pytest-flakes",
+	"pytest-ruff",
+	"pytidylib",
+	"https://github.com/DemocracyClub/design-system/archive/refs/tags/0.4.6.tar.gz", 
+	"whitenoise",
+	"pysass",
+	"jsmin<3.1",
+]
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/DemocracyClub/dc_django_utils"