diff --git a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt
index fd835062b05..25b72e9908a 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/galaxy/dependencies/pinned-requirements.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ greenlet==3.2.1 ; (python_full_version < '3.14' and platform_machine == 'AMD64')
 gunicorn==23.0.0
 gxformat2==0.20.0
 h11==0.16.0
+httpcore==1.0.9
+httpx==0.28.1
 h5grove==2.3.0
 h5py==3.13.0
 humanfriendly==10.0
diff --git a/packages/web_apps/setup.cfg b/packages/web_apps/setup.cfg
index c815f3f1b57..27b410695f7 100644
--- a/packages/web_apps/setup.cfg
+++ b/packages/web_apps/setup.cfg
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ install_requires =
     CT3>=3.3.3
     fastapi>=0.101.0
     gunicorn
+    httpx
     gxformat2
     Mako
     MarkupSafe
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a81dcff43bc..30942d962bc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "gxformat2",
     "h5grove>=1.2.1",
     "h5py>=3.12",  # Python 3.13 support
+    "httpx",
     "importlib-resources ; python_version<'3.12'",  # for importlib.{abc.Traversable,resources.{files, Package}}
     "isa-rwval @ git+https://github.com/nsoranzo/isa-rwval.git@master",  # https://github.com/ISA-tools/isa-rwval/pull/17
     "isal>=1.7.0",  # Python 3.13 support
@@ -125,7 +126,6 @@ dev = [
     "darker",
     "fluent-logger",
     "galaxy-release-util",
-    "httpx",
     "isort",
     "lxml!=4.2.2",
     "markdown-it-reporter",