diff --git a/slo-checker/generic/requirements.txt b/slo-checker/generic/requirements.txt
index 4beb3b77a991f7d5b5754a7494065bbfe0b6590d..a3d5ff675d6a89b2514f1936b1a8104d13ad9b55 100644
--- a/slo-checker/generic/requirements.txt
+++ b/slo-checker/generic/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#requests
+requests
 fastapi>=0.68.0,<0.69.0
 uvicorn>=0.15.0,<0.16.0
 #pydantic>=1.8.0,<2.0.0
diff --git a/slo-checker/record-lag/requirements.txt b/slo-checker/record-lag/requirements.txt
index f1fe45015bb63287bc6b59490601c43d88eb878d..770498e91e3f705e98868d009518b355a19a356a 100644
--- a/slo-checker/record-lag/requirements.txt
+++ b/slo-checker/record-lag/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#requests
+requests
 fastapi>=0.68.0,<0.69.0
 uvicorn>=0.15.0,<0.16.0
 #pydantic>=1.8.0,<2.0.0