diff --git a/.actions/assistant.py b/.actions/assistant.py
index c67c9ba78b..85a1b5879e 100644
--- a/.actions/assistant.py
+++ b/.actions/assistant.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import datetime
 import glob
 import json
+import logging
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
 
 import fire
 import pkg_resources
+from packaging.version import parse as version_parse
 
 REQUIREMENT_FILES = {
     "pytorch": (
@@ -123,7 +125,9 @@ class AssistantCLI:
         data = json.load(urlopen(Request(url)))
         if not version:
             versions = list(data["releases"].keys())
-            version = sorted(versions, key=LooseVersion)[-1]
+            versions = sorted(versions, key=lambda x: version_parse(x))
+            logging.debug(f"Available versions: {versions}")
+            version = versions[-1]
         releases = list(filter(lambda r: r["packagetype"] == "sdist", data["releases"][version]))
         assert releases, f"Missing 'sdist' for this package/version aka {package}/{version}"
         release = releases[0]
@@ -131,6 +135,7 @@ class AssistantCLI:
         pkg_file = os.path.basename(pkg_url)
         pkg_path = os.path.join(folder, pkg_file)
         os.makedirs(folder, exist_ok=True)
+        print(f"downloading: {pkg_url}")
         request.urlretrieve(pkg_url, pkg_path)
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/.actions/requirements.txt b/.actions/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b41e6584e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.actions/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fire
+packaging
+requests
diff --git a/.azure/hpu-tests.yml b/.azure/hpu-tests.yml
index 33206ef5c3..c445cc92df 100644
--- a/.azure/hpu-tests.yml
+++ b/.azure/hpu-tests.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         set -e
         pip --version
         sudo pip uninstall -y lightning pytorch-lightning
-        pip install fire
+        pip install -q -r .actions/requirements.txt
         python .actions/assistant.py requirements-prune-pkgs torch,torchvision
         pip install ".[extra,test]"
         pip list
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-lite-test-full.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-lite-test-full.yml
index 4449fca313..e8091eb76d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-lite-test-full.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-lite-test-full.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: basic setup
       run: |
         pip --version
-        pip install -q fire
+        pip install -q -r .actions/requirements.txt
 
     - name: Setup Windows
       if: runner.os == 'windows'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pkg-install.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pkg-install.yml
index 7993dd04d5..69c602d2e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pkg-install.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pkg-install.yml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Dowload package
         # todo: download also lite after it is fist published
         run: |
-          pip install -q fire requests
+          pip install -q -r .actions/requirements.txt
           for pkg in 'app' 'pytorch' ; do
             python .actions/assistant.py download-package "$pkg" --folder pypi
           done
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Miror source
         run: |
-          pip install -q fire requests
+          pip install -q -r .actions/requirements.txt
           python .actions/assistant.py mirror-pkg2source pypi src
           ls -R src/
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-full.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-full.yml
index 18a1a6c088..e4c5ecd9cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-full.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pytorch-test-full.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ (steps.skip.outputs.continue == '1') }}
       run: |
         pip --version
-        pip install -q fire
+        pip install -q -r .actions/requirements.txt
 
     # Github Actions: Run step on specific OS: https://stackoverflow.com/a/57948488/4521646
     - name: Setup macOS
diff --git a/.github/workflows/events-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/events-nightly.yml
index 2576b05e33..18b6b6fdbf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/events-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/events-nightly.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build packages
         run: |
-          pip install -q fire
+          pip install -q -r .actions/requirements.txt
           python .actions/assistant.py prepare-nightly-version
           python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
           ls -lh dist/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml
index 763665f142..88b95e5b26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: 3.9
     - run: |
-        pip install -q fire requests
+        pip install -q -r .actions/requirements.txt
         mkdir dist && touch dist/.placeholder
         mkdir pypi && touch pypi/.placeholder
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Dowload package
       run: |
-        pip install -q fire requests
+        pip install -q -r .actions/requirements.txt
         python .actions/assistant.py download-package ${{ matrix.pkg }} --folder pypi
 
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Miror source
       run: |
-        pip install -q fire requests
+        pip install -q -r .actions/requirements.txt
         python .actions/assistant.py mirror-pkg2source pypi src
         ls -R src/