diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 782fb4a06387e54280e2bfd3c0045e87a6665a83..9faeeacd48a5df24d46e8f5236c6a3607ce37d70 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 argparse
 biopython
 gtfparse
+polars==0.16.17
 numpy>=1.23.3
 pandas>=1.4.4
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