diff --git a/tests/requirements-py3.txt b/tests/requirements-py3.txt
index cac8da9b5..53cb49f9b 100644
--- a/tests/requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements-py3.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ jmespath
 # optional for shell wrapper tests
 bpython
 ipython
+# required because squeue tests extend from queuelib testsuite
+queuelib>=1.4.2
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index f88d17538..a5e734417 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ testfixtures
 # optional for shell wrapper tests
 bpython
 ipython
+# required because squeue tests extend from queuelib testsuite
+queuelib>=1.4.2