diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 6513dc6b..533fdde5 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-# TODO: Uncomment below line once requirements.txt is created
 -r requirements.txt
 
+# TODO: remove 'instructlab' once https://github.com/instructlab/sdg/issues/6 is resolved
+instructlab>=0.17.0
 pre-commit>=3.0.4,<4.0
 pylint>=2.16.2,<4.0
 pylint-pydantic
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b57bd22b..fb0e4a2a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,3 @@ jinja2
 openai>=1.13.3,<2.0.0
 rouge_score
 tqdm>=4.66.2,<5.0.0
-# TODO: remove 'instructlab' once https://github.com/instructlab/sdg/issues/6 is resolved
-instructlab>=0.17.0