diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b1b6e8a..ed04ccf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
 requests~=2.32.3
 urllib3~=2.2.3
 html5lib~=1.1
-cssselect~=1.2.0
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+cssselect~=1.2.0
+
+# NOTE - currently need to hardcode these again in setup.py due to github workflow of cli test
+# the isolated env doesnt seem to pick up the pip installed packages?
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4af27e2..47bd35b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -92,7 +92,16 @@ def get_requirements(filename: str = "requirements.txt"):
         "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
         "Topic :: Text Processing :: Markup :: HTML",
     ],
-    install_requires=get_requirements(),
+    # install_requires=get_requirements(),
+    # NOTE - currently need to hardcode these for cli tests due to github task runner?
+    install_requires=[
+        "elementpath~=4.6.0",
+        "python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0",
+        "requests~=2.32.3",
+        "urllib3~=2.2.3",
+        "html5lib~=1.1",
+        "cssselect~=1.2.0",
+    ],
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
     entry_points={