diff --git a/.changeset/early-crabs-sort.md b/.changeset/early-crabs-sort.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f53d036a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/early-crabs-sort.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@e2b/code-interpreter-template': patch
+---
+
+added kaleido that is no longer direct dependency of plotly
diff --git a/template/requirements.txt b/template/requirements.txt
index f0548351..0180e998 100644
--- a/template/requirements.txt
+++ b/template/requirements.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ numba==0.61.2
 opencv-python==4.11.0.86
 openpyxl==3.1.5
 plotly==6.0.1
+kaleido==1.0.0
 pytest==8.3.5
 python-docx==1.1.2
 pytz==2025.2