diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6ddc1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pytest
+pyroaring
+didkit
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 646a616..6eb2dfe 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -25,4 +25,3 @@ Pillow
 multiformats
 PyNaCl
 py-multicodec
-pytest