diff --git a/examples/simple-chatbot/requirements.txt b/examples/simple-chatbot/requirements.txt
index eef5a0402..11c70f3e1 100644
--- a/examples/simple-chatbot/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/simple-chatbot/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ python-dotenv
 requests
 fastapi[all]
 uvicorn
-pipecat-ai[daily,openai]
+pipecat-ai[daily,openai,silero]
diff --git a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/requirements.txt b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/requirements.txt
index 78cebe200..52d865de5 100644
--- a/examples/storytelling-chatbot/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/storytelling-chatbot/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+async_timeout
 fastapi
 uvicorn
 requests