diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/401-requirements_file.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/401-requirements_file.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4cd563ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/401-requirements_file.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - fix missing requirements.txt file in kubernetes.core (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.kubernetes/pull/401).
diff --git a/utils/downstream.sh b/utils/downstream.sh
index 6bfa7872..b9fa79c0 100755
--- a/utils/downstream.sh
+++ b/utils/downstream.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ f_prep()
         Makefile
         setup.cfg
         .yamllint
+        requirements.txt
     )
 
     # Directories to recursively copy downstream (relative repo root dir path)