diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c65144a0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directories:
+      - "/packages/http-client-python/eng/"
+      - "/packages/http-client-python/generator/test"
+      - "/packages/http-client-python/generator/test/azure"
+      - "/packages/http-client-python/generator/test/unbranded"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "pip prod"
+      prefix-development: "pip dev"
+      include: "scope"
+    labels:
+      - "emitter:client:python"
diff --git a/packages/http-client-python/eng/scripts/ci/dev_requirements.txt b/packages/http-client-python/eng/scripts/ci/dev_requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38c286da5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/http-client-python/eng/scripts/ci/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+pyright==1.1.391
+pylint==3.2.7
+tox==4.16.0
+mypy==1.14.1
+colorama==0.4.6
+debugpy==1.8.2
+pytest==8.3.2
+coverage==7.6.1
+black==24.8.0
+ptvsd==4.3.2
+types-PyYAML==6.0.12.8
diff --git a/packages/http-client-python/generator/dev_requirements.txt b/packages/http-client-python/generator/dev_requirements.txt
index 99b5bfa176..5ad915cc9c 100644
--- a/packages/http-client-python/generator/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/http-client-python/generator/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,2 @@
 -e ./generator
-pyright==1.1.391
-pylint==3.2.7
-tox==4.16.0
-mypy==1.14.1
-colorama==0.4.6
-debugpy==1.8.2
-pytest==8.3.2
-coverage==7.6.1
-black==24.8.0
-ptvsd==4.3.2
-types-PyYAML==6.0.12.8
+-r ../eng/scripts/ci/dev_requirements.txt
diff --git a/packages/http-client-python/generator/test/azure/requirements.txt b/packages/http-client-python/generator/test/azure/requirements.txt
index cd2fa0481f..5c4e0d05a3 100644
--- a/packages/http-client-python/generator/test/azure/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/http-client-python/generator/test/azure/requirements.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
-setuptools==69.5.1
+-r ../dev_requirements.txt
 -e ../../
-aiohttp;python_full_version>="3.5.2"
-requests==2.32.2
-pytest
-pytest-asyncio==0.14.0;python_full_version>="3.5.2"
 azure-core==1.30.0
 azure-mgmt-core==1.3.2
-pyright==1.1.391
-pylint==3.2.7
-tox==4.18.1
-mypy==1.14.1
 
 # only for azure
 -e ./generated/azure-client-generator-core-access
diff --git a/packages/http-client-python/generator/test/dev_requirements.txt b/packages/http-client-python/generator/test/dev_requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa9d18c9eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/http-client-python/generator/test/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-r ../../eng/scripts/ci/dev_requirements.txt
+aiohttp
+pytest-asyncio==0.14.0
+requests==2.32.2
diff --git a/packages/http-client-python/generator/test/unbranded/requirements.txt b/packages/http-client-python/generator/test/unbranded/requirements.txt
index 295c6de28e..1e08545659 100644
--- a/packages/http-client-python/generator/test/unbranded/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/http-client-python/generator/test/unbranded/requirements.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
-setuptools==69.5.1
+-r ../dev_requirements.txt
 -e ../../
-aiohttp;python_full_version>="3.5.2"
-requests==2.32.2
-pytest
-pytest-asyncio==0.14.0;python_full_version>="3.5.2"
-pyright==1.1.391
-pylint==3.2.7
-tox==4.18.1
-mypy==1.14.1
-
 
 # common test case
 -e ./generated/authentication-api-key