diff --git a/.github/actions/dependencies/action.yml b/.github/actions/dependencies/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..304904a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/dependencies/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: Test dependencies match
+description: Test if TrustyAI dependencies match ODH workbench images
+inputs:
+  pipfile:
+    description: 'Location of the reference Pipfile'
+    required: true
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Test against ODH dependencies
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        INPUT_PIPFILE: ${{ inputs.pipfile }}
+      run: |
+        pytest -v -s tests/dependencies/test_odh_dependencies.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
index c238517..e73ac88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: Tests
 
 on: [ push, pull_request ]
 
+env:
+  PIPFILE: ${{ vars.ODH_PIPFILE || 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opendatahub-io/notebooks/main/jupyter/datascience/ubi9-python-3.9/Pipfile' }}
+
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -34,6 +37,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pytest -v -s tests/general
           pytest -v -s tests/initialization --forked
+      - name: Test ODH dependencies
+        uses: ./.github/actions/dependencies
+        with:
+          pipfile: ${{ env.PIPFILE }}
       - name: Style
         run: |
           black --check $(find src/trustyai -type f -name "*.py")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5b14575..3f4ed99 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ dev = [
     "setuptools",
     "twine==3.4.2",
     "wheel~=0.38.4",
-    "xgboost==1.4.2"
+    "xgboost==1.4.2",
+    "dparse==0.6.2"
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f539ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+JPype1==1.4.1
+black~=22.12.0
+click==8.0.4
+joblib~=1.2.0
+jupyterlab~=3.5.3
+numpydoc==1.5.0
+pyarrow==7.0.0
+pylint==2.15.6
+pytest~=7.2.1
+pytest-benchmark==4.0.0
+pytest-forked~=1.6.0
+scikit-learn~=1.2.1
+setuptools
+twine==3.4.2
+wheel~=0.38.4
+xgboost==1.4.2
+dparse==0.6.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 80eedf6..d3415e3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-JPype1==1.4.1
-matplotlib==3.5.1
-pandas==1.2.5
+Jpype1==1.4.1
 pyarrow==7.0.0
-bokeh==2.4.3
\ No newline at end of file
+matplotlib~=3.6.3
+pandas~=1.5.3
+numpy~=1.24.1
+jupyter-bokeh~=3.0.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/dependencies/test_odh_dependencies.py b/tests/dependencies/test_odh_dependencies.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ce6cd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dependencies/test_odh_dependencies.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import os
+import urllib.request
+from dparse import parse, filetypes
+
+DEFAULT_PIPFILE = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opendatahub-io/notebooks/main/jupyter/datascience/ubi9-python-3.9/Pipfile"
+INPUT_PIPFILE = os.getenv("INPUT_PIPFILE", DEFAULT_PIPFILE)
+
+
+def test_odh_dependencies():
+    '''Tests whether TrustyAI's dependencies are compatible with ODH workbench-image's https://github.com/opendatahub-io/notebooks/tree/main/jupyter/datascience/ubi9-python-3.9'''
+    # download the pipfile
+    urllib.request.urlretrieve(INPUT_PIPFILE, "/tmp/Pipfile")
+
+    with open('./requirements.txt', 'r') as file:
+        reqtxt = parse(file.read(), file_type=filetypes.requirements_txt)
+
+    with open('./requirements-dev.txt', 'r') as file:
+        reqdevtxt = parse(file.read(), file_type=filetypes.requirements_txt)
+
+    with open('/tmp/Pipfile', 'r') as file:
+        pipfile = parse(file.read(), file_type=filetypes.pipfile)
+
+    reqtxt_names = {dependency.name: dependency for dependency in reqtxt.dependencies}
+    reqdevtxt_names = {dependency.name: dependency for dependency in reqdevtxt.dependencies}
+
+    mismatched_specs = []
+
+    for dependency in pipfile.dependencies:
+        if dependency.name in reqtxt_names.keys():
+            print(f"{dependency} found")
+            trusty_specs = reqtxt_names[dependency.name].specs
+            if dependency.specs == trusty_specs:
+                print(f"\tSpecs match ({dependency.specs})")
+            else:
+                print(
+                    f"\tSpecs do not match ({dependency.specs} ODH vs. {reqtxt_names[dependency.name].specs} TrustyAI)")
+                mismatched_specs.append(dependency)
+        if dependency.name in reqdevtxt_names.keys():
+            print(f"{dependency} found")
+            trusty_specs = reqdevtxt_names[dependency.name].specs
+            if dependency.specs == trusty_specs:
+                print(f"\tSpecs match ({dependency.specs})")
+            else:
+                print(
+                    f"\tSpecs do not match ({dependency.specs} ODH vs. {reqtxt_names[dependency.name].specs} TrustyAI)")
+                mismatched_specs.append(dependency)
+
+    assert len(mismatched_specs) == 0