diff --git a/.github/workflows/update_release.yml b/.github/workflows/update_release.yml
index 6e048a34..d983bf0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_release.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout ballerina-spec
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: Install Python Packages
+        run: |
+          pip install requests
+
       - name: Clone ballerina-dev-website
         run: git clone -b master --single-branch https://ballerina-bot:$GITHUB_TOKEN@github.com/ballerina-platform/ballerina-dev-website.git