diff --git a/ci/requirements/environment.yml b/ci/requirements/environment.yml
index 865c2fd9b19..02c69a41924 100644
--- a/ci/requirements/environment.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements/environment.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ dependencies:
   - pre-commit
   - pyarrow # pandas raises a deprecation warning without this, breaking doctests
   - pydap
+  # start pydap server dependencies, can be removed if pydap-server is available
+  - gunicorn
+  - PasteDeploy
+  - docopt-ng
+  - Webob
+  - Jinja2
+  - beautifulsoup4
+  # end pydap server dependencies
   - pytest
   - pytest-cov
   - pytest-env