diff --git a/tools/requirements/requirements.core.txt b/tools/requirements/requirements.core.txt
index e1bac0b056..c209faa41c 100644
--- a/tools/requirements/requirements.core.txt
+++ b/tools/requirements/requirements.core.txt
@@ -20,5 +20,9 @@ esp-idf-panic-decoder
 pyclang
 construct
 
+# ble's compressed log testing tool
+tree_sitter
+tree_sitter_c
+
 # gdb extensions dependencies
 freertos_gdb