diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 251bc5c1a579af8695974e432180e5f24eae93e4..117821aaa7e18e80aa3a2060bdd6995b5cdb2938 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ setup(name='caosadvancedtools',
       author_email='henrik.tom-woerden@ds.mpg.de',
       packages=find_packages('src'),
       package_dir={'': 'src'},
-      install_requires=[],
+      install_requires=["caosdb>=0.3.0", "caosmodels>=0.1.0"],
       extras_require={},
       tests_require=["pytest"],
       )