diff --git a/.github/workflows/buildOnly.yml b/.github/workflows/buildOnly.yml
index 5bbc617..37ab813 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buildOnly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buildOnly.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install mkdocs
-        pip install mkdocs-material
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
     - name: build mkdocs
       run: |
         ln -sf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/README.md ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/docs/index.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publishAndBuild.yml b/.github/workflows/publishAndBuild.yml
index b46d2f4..7204727 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publishAndBuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publishAndBuild.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install mkdocs
-        pip install mkdocs-material
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
     - name: build mkdocs and deploy to gh-pages
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6f46c51..8030972 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ BASEDIR=$(CURDIR)
 DOCDIR=$(BASEDIR)/docs
 
 install:
-	pip install mkdocs
-	pip install mkdocs-material
+	pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 link:
 	ln -sf $(BASEDIR)/README.md $(DOCDIR)/index.md
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21f876b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+mkdocs
+mkdocs-material
\ No newline at end of file