diff --git a/.github/template_gitref b/.github/template_gitref
index fd87a7096..280a7ea4b 100644
--- a/.github/template_gitref
+++ b/.github/template_gitref
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2021.08.26-391-g4510e3a
+2021.08.26-392-g4ba515c
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b9c0c6a22..84c16d81a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_CONTEXT: "${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}"
         run: |
           .github/workflows/scripts/check_commit.sh
-      - name: "Verify requirements files"
-        run: |
-          python .ci/scripts/check_requirements.py
 
   docs:
     uses: "./.github/workflows/docs.yml"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 292688a00..26396aa0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           check-manifest
 
+      - name: "Verify requirements files"
+        run: |
+          python .ci/scripts/check_requirements.py
+
       - name: "Check for pulpcore imports outside of pulpcore.plugin"
         run: |
           sh .ci/scripts/check_pulpcore_imports.sh
diff --git a/lint_requirements.txt b/lint_requirements.txt
index cbac4367b..30d6896a7 100644
--- a/lint_requirements.txt
+++ b/lint_requirements.txt
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 #
 # For more info visit https://github.com/pulp/plugin_template
 
-# python packages handy for developers, but not required by pulp
 black==24.3.0
 bump2version
 check-manifest
 flake8
 flake8-black
+packaging
 yamllint