diff --git a/dist/package/openSUSE-release-tools.spec b/dist/package/openSUSE-release-tools.spec
index 1816cf33..5a4e4714 100644
--- a/dist/package/openSUSE-release-tools.spec
+++ b/dist/package/openSUSE-release-tools.spec
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Requires:       python-PyYAML
 Requires:       python-cmdln
 Requires:       python-colorama
 Requires:       python-lxml
+# issue-diff.py, legal-auto.py, and openqa-maintenance.py
+Requires:       python-requests
 Requires:       python-pycurl
 Requires:       python-python-dateutil
 Requires:       python-pyxdg
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ Group:          Development/Tools/Other
 BuildArch:      noarch
 Requires:       osclib = %{version}
 Requires:       obs-service-product_converter
+Requires:       python-requests
 Requires:       python-solv
 # we use the same user as repo-checker
 PreReq:         openSUSE-release-tools-repo-checker