diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 07225be..1be52ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install --upgrade pip
           pip --version
           pip install build setuptools wheel
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pip install -r requirements_CI.txt
           chmod +x ./*.sh
 
           # needed for bb_create e2e test
diff --git a/install-dev.sh b/install-dev.sh
index 0898c33..8d07b6a 100755
--- a/install-dev.sh
+++ b/install-dev.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@
 # fail on any error
 set -e
 
-python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+# if running on the CI server, we want to install the dependencies from requirements_CI.txt instead of requirements.txt
+if [ "$CI" = "true" ]; then
+    echo "Running on CI server, installing dependencies from requirements_CI.txt"
+    python -m pip install -r requirements_CI.txt
+else
+    echo "Running locally, installing dependencies from requirements.txt"
+    python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+fi
 
 ./build.sh
 python -m pip install --editable .
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 545bcd1..b4fb943 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ dependencies = [
     # WebRTC dependencies
     "aiohttp",
     "aiohttp_cors",
-    # 1.11.0 currently fails to build on CI
-    "aiortc==1.10.1",
+    "aiortc",
     "build",
     "cachetools",
     "flask-cors",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 77f2b45..9d07a56 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,30 +1,6 @@
-# these are build dependencies for basic_bot itself
-
-build
-cachetools
-flake8
-mkdocs
-mkdocs-material
-mypy
-opencv-stubs
-pydoc-markdown
-pytest
-setuptools>=57.0
-
-# types
-types-Flask-Cors
-types-jsonschema
-types-psutil
-types-PyYAML
-types-requests
-
-# Runtime dependencies needed for mypy type checking
+-r requirements_base.txt
+aiortc>=1.11.0
 aiohttp
 aiohttp_cors
-aiortc==1.10.1
 av
-numpy
-Pillow
-websocket-client
-websockets==10.4
 
diff --git a/requirements_CI.txt b/requirements_CI.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..588f01f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements_CI.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+-r requirements_base.txt
+aiortc==1.10.1
+aiohttp
+aiohttp_cors
diff --git a/requirements_base.txt b/requirements_base.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab9da72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements_base.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# these are build dependencies for basic_bot itself
+
+build
+cachetools
+flake8
+mkdocs
+mkdocs-material
+mypy
+opencv-stubs
+pydoc-markdown
+pytest
+setuptools>=57.0
+
+# types
+types-Flask-Cors
+types-jsonschema
+types-psutil
+types-PyYAML
+types-requests
+
+# Runtime dependencies needed for mypy type checking
+numpy
+Pillow
+websocket-client
+websockets==10.4
+
diff --git a/src/basic_bot/commons/webrtc_server.py b/src/basic_bot/commons/webrtc_server.py
index b229db2..bcf6382 100644
--- a/src/basic_bot/commons/webrtc_server.py
+++ b/src/basic_bot/commons/webrtc_server.py
@@ -230,7 +230,11 @@ async def respond_to_ice_candidate(self, request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
         try:
             await pc.addIceCandidate(self.create_RTCIceCandidate(candidate))
             log.debug(f"Added ICE candidate for client_id={client_id}")
-            return web.Response(status=200, text="ICE candidate added")
+            return web.Response(
+                status=200,
+                content_type="application/json",
+                text=json.dumps({"text": "ICE candidate added"}),
+            )
         except Exception as e:
             log.error(f"Error adding ICE candidate for client_id={client_id}: {e}")
             return web.Response(status=500, text="Failed to add ICE candidate")