diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index b552182..15197bf 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 python-socketio>=5
-websocket-client>=1
\ No newline at end of file
+websocket-client>=1
+pyln-client>=24.05
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/setup.sh b/tests/setup.sh
index 998c4d7..5d30ad7 100755
--- a/tests/setup.sh
+++ b/tests/setup.sh
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ fi
 
 # Extract the contents
 if [[ $archive_file == *.tar.gz ]]; then
-    if ! tar -xzvf "$script_dir/$archive_file" -C "$clnrest_dir"; then
+    if ! sudo tar -xzvf "$script_dir/$archive_file" -C "$clnrest_dir"; then
         echo "Error extracting the contents of $archive_file" >&2
         exit 1
     fi
 elif [[ $archive_file == *.zip ]]; then
-    if ! unzip "$script_dir/$archive_file" -d "$clnrest_dir"; then
+    if ! sudo unzip "$script_dir/$archive_file" -d "$clnrest_dir"; then
         echo "Error extracting the contents of $archive_file" >&2
         exit 1
     fi
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ else
     exit 1
 fi
 
-cp "$clnrest_dir/clnrest-rs" "$clnrest_dir/clnrest"
-cp "$clnrest_dir/clnrest-rs" "$clnrest_dir/clnrest.py"
+sudo cp "$clnrest_dir/clnrest-rs" "$clnrest_dir/clnrest"
+sudo cp "$clnrest_dir/clnrest-rs" "$clnrest_dir/clnrest.py"
 
 # Function to check if a Python package is installed
 check_package() {