diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c5e9158..4022fa5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 # ChangeLog
 
+Sat, 18 Feb 2023 15:36:08 -0700 v1.7.4
+
+- Update README.md and requirements.txt to reflect use of Python `requests` library (#78)
+
 Sat, 18 Feb 2023 14:22:52 -0700 v1.7.3
 
 - Add `fs_disk_used` value
 - Correct Disk Used % sensor to use "used" vs. "free" value
 - Convert memory values from floting point string to integer (precision not necessary)
-- Add new Mem Used % sensor
+- Add new Mem Used % sensor (#42)
 
 Sat, 11 Feb 2023 14:28:59 -0700 v1.7.2
 
diff --git a/ISP-RPi-mqtt-daemon.py b/ISP-RPi-mqtt-daemon.py
index f752eb0..bc0b04a 100755
--- a/ISP-RPi-mqtt-daemon.py
+++ b/ISP-RPi-mqtt-daemon.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 import requests
 from urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
 
-script_version = "1.7.3"
+script_version = "1.7.4"
 script_name = 'ISP-RPi-mqtt-daemon.py'
 script_info = '{} v{}'.format(script_name, script_version)
 project_name = 'RPi Reporter MQTT2HA Daemon'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b437ec..963eeec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ sudo apt-get install libraspberrypi-bin net-tools
 ### Packages for Arch Linux
 
 ```shell
-sudo pacman -S python python-pip python-tzlocal python-notify2 python-colorama python-unidecode python-paho-mqtt inetutils
+sudo pacman -S python python-pip python-tzlocal python-notify2 python-colorama python-unidecode python-paho-mqtt python-requests inetutils 
 ```
 
 ### Now finish with the script install
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ca8a59d..fbf3c67 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ sdnotify>=0.3.1
 Unidecode>=0.4.21
 colorama>=0.4.3
 tzlocal>=2.1.0
+requests>=2.28.2