diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d69035f..c5effbe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling"]
+requires = [
+  "hatchling",
+  "requests"
+]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
@@ -144,7 +147,6 @@ for = "_APPSIGNAL_BUILD_TRIPLE=\"{args}\" hatch build -t wheel"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.hooks.custom]
 path = "src/scripts/build_hook.py"
-dependencies = ["requests"]
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist.hooks.custom]
 path = "src/scripts/sdist_hook.py"
diff --git a/src/scripts/build_hook.py b/src/scripts/build_hook.py
index 5f05b88..98fef58 100644
--- a/src/scripts/build_hook.py
+++ b/src/scripts/build_hook.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from runpy import run_path
 from typing import Any
 
-import requests
 from hatchling.builders.hooks.plugin.interface import BuildHookInterface
 
 
@@ -79,7 +78,12 @@ class DownloadError(Exception):
 
 
 class CustomBuildHook(BuildHookInterface):
+    def dependencies(self) -> list[str]:
+        return ["requests"]
+
     def initialize(self, _version: str, build_data: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        import requests
+
         """
         This occurs immediately before each build.