diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-requirements.yml b/.github/workflows/update-requirements.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4790a60a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-requirements.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Update requirements.txt on PR merge
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+    branches: 
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  update-requirements:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Automatic requirements.txt for Python Project
+        uses: ryan-rozario/pipreqs-action@master
+        with:
+          PROJECT_PATH: project_folder   # Replace with the path to your Python project
+          REQUIREMENT_PATH: project_folder/requirements.txt  # Replace with your requirements.txt file path
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fcf72ef9..86448efd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 *.pyc
 .idea*
 build/
-.ipynb_checkpoints*
 data/
-.vscode/
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode/
+.ipynb_checkpoints*
+.ipynb_checkpoints/
+.pytest_cache/
+venv/
+.venv/
\ No newline at end of file