diff --git a/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh b/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh
index 006ff5be5a3e..c4d7427fdf93 100755
--- a/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh
+++ b/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh
@@ -1276,6 +1276,7 @@ ci_package_pypi() {
     cd_package_pypi ${mxnet_variant}
     cd_integration_test_pypi
     # testing cd docker images pipeline
+    pip3 install --user -r ./ci/requirements.txt
     ./cd/python/docker/python_images.sh build ${mxnet_variant}
     ./cd/python/docker/python_images.sh test ${mxnet_variant}
 }