diff --git a/.github/helper/install.sh b/.github/helper/install.sh
index ac623e947d..85f146d351 100644
--- a/.github/helper/install.sh
+++ b/.github/helper/install.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ sed -i 's/socketio:/# socketio:/g' Procfile
 sed -i 's/redis_socketio:/# redis_socketio:/g' Procfile
 
 bench get-app erpnext "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"
+
+if [ "$TYPE" == "server" ]; then bench setup requirements --dev; fi
+
 bench start &> bench_run_logs.txt &
 bench --site test_site reinstall --yes
 bench build --app frappe
diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/server-tests.yml
index 4f84b860af..77c0aee195 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-tests.yml
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install
         run: bash ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.github/helper/install.sh
+        env:
+          TYPE: server
 
       - name: Run Tests
         run: cd ~/frappe-bench/ && bench --site test_site run-parallel-tests --app erpnext --use-orchestrator --with-coverage