diff --git a/wheel/README.md b/wheel/README.md
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 The `chia_rs` wheel contains python bindings for code from the `chia` crate.
+
+To run the tests:
+```
+cd wheel
+python -m venv venv
+. ./venv/bin/activate
+python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+maturin develop
+python -m pytest ../tests
+```
+
diff --git a/wheel/requirements.txt b/wheel/requirements.txt
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+iniconfig>=2.0.0
+maturin>=1.4.0
+chia-blockchain>=2.1.4
+packaging>=23.2
+pluggy>=1.4.0
+pytest>=8.0.1
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