diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 440ff5c..a8e2212 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ steps:
     commands:
       - docker-compose -p rgraph-test up -d
 
+  - name: requirements
+    image: python:3.10-alpine
+      - python -m venv .venv
+      - . .venv/bin/activate
+      - pip install -r requirements.txt
+      - pip install .
+
   - name: test
     image: python:3.10-alpine
     environment:
@@ -32,10 +39,6 @@ steps:
     commands:
       - hostip=$(ip route show | awk '/default/ {print $3}')
       - export POSTGRES_URL=$hostip
-      - python -m venv .venv
-      - . .venv/bin/activate
-      - pip install -r requirements.txt
-      - pip install .
       - pytest
   - name: db-cleanup
     image: docker/compose:alpine-1.29.2