diff --git a/windows/MAVProxyWinBuild.bat b/windows/MAVProxyWinBuild.bat
index 9ad02f3e7c..6c82bcd2d6 100755
--- a/windows/MAVProxyWinBuild.bat
+++ b/windows/MAVProxyWinBuild.bat
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ python.exe -m pip install -U wheel setuptools pip
 python.exe -m pip install pywin32 lxml pymavlink numpy matplotlib pyserial opencv-python PyYAML Pygame Pillow wxpython prompt-toolkit scipy
 python.exe -m pip install -U openai wave pyaudio
 python.exe -m pip install -U pyinstaller==6.7.0 packaging 
+python.exe -m pip install -U requests
 
 rem -----Build MAVProxy-----
 cd ..\
diff --git a/windows/mavproxy.spec b/windows/mavproxy.spec
index dc1db8a63b..17edf8a35d 100755
--- a/windows/mavproxy.spec
+++ b/windows/mavproxy.spec
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ MAVProxyAny = Analysis(['mavproxy.py'],
                             'wx.lib.embeddedimage', 'wx.lib.imageutils', 'wx.lib.agw.aquabutton', 
                             'wx.lib.agw.gradientbutton',
                             'six','packaging', 'packaging.version', 'packaging.specifiers',
+                            'requests',
                             ] + collect_submodules('MAVProxy.modules') + 
                             collect_submodules('pymavlink') + collect_submodules('yaml') + collect_submodules('pygame'),
              datas= [ ('modules\\mavproxy_map\\data\\*.*', 'MAVProxy\\modules\\mavproxy_map\\data' ),
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ MAVExpAny = Analysis(['.\\tools\\MAVExplorer.py'],
              # all the needed pieces, so we also import them in mavproxy.py
              hiddenimports=['cv2', 'wx', 'pylab', 
                             'numpy', 'dateutil', 'matplotlib',
+                            'requests',
                             'prompt_toolkit', 'HTMLParser', 'wx.grid', 'wx._grid',
                             'wx.lib.agw.genericmessagedialog', 'wx.lib.wordwrap', 'wx.lib.buttons',
                             'wx.lib.embeddedimage', 'wx.lib.imageutils', 'wx.lib.agw.aquabutton',