diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 307ee50..5338d07 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ pytest==6.2.4
 pytest-django==4.4.0
 pytest-pythonpath==0.7.3
 PyYAML==6.0
+python-dotenv==1.0.0