diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd_wf.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd_wf.yml
index 50f3a6dc..02ea36a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd_wf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd_wf.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    permissions: write-all
+    permissions: write-all 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
-          python -m pip install pytest-cov
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           python -m pytest -v tests
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 222e40bb..891c3c58 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ packaging==23.1
 pluggy==1.0.0
 pytest==7.3.1
 tomli==2.0.1
+pytest-cov==4.1.0
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