diff --git a/docker-compose/pypcc-sim/Dockerfile b/docker-compose/pypcc-sim/Dockerfile
index 4040339b1dc98ebe8e02b51c6b3b75aab55bb3d4..bf3e34d6a5a7c4660aebb4e0006e8fc73ec5665a 100644
--- a/docker-compose/pypcc-sim/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker-compose/pypcc-sim/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 FROM ubuntu:20.04
 
+COPY requirements.txt /requirements.txt
+
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip python3-yaml git && \
-    pip3 install opcua numpy recordclass && \
+    pip3 install -r requirements.txt && \
     git clone --depth 1 --branch master https://git.astron.nl/lofar2.0/pypcc
 
 WORKDIR /pypcc
diff --git a/docker-compose/pypcc-sim/requirements.txt b/docker-compose/pypcc-sim/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2cd015945c044fcd1e39a823f49a807fc519ac67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose/pypcc-sim/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+opcua
+numpy
+recordclass>=0.16,<0.16.1
\ No newline at end of file