diff --git a/anomalib/deploy/inferencers/openvino.py b/anomalib/deploy/inferencers/openvino.py
index 52f50e98a5..df428c7e83 100644
--- a/anomalib/deploy/inferencers/openvino.py
+++ b/anomalib/deploy/inferencers/openvino.py
@@ -14,18 +14,21 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions
 # and limitations under the License.
 
+import importlib
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import cv2
 import numpy as np
 from omegaconf import DictConfig, ListConfig
-from openvino.inference_engine import IECore  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
 
 from anomalib.pre_processing import PreProcessor
 
 from .base import Inferencer
 
+if importlib.util.find_spec("openvino") is not None:
+    from openvino.inference_engine import IECore  # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
+
 
 class OpenVINOInferencer(Inferencer):
     """OpenVINO implementation for the inference.
diff --git a/anomalib/models/padim/model.py b/anomalib/models/padim/model.py
index cf371bb1a0..1d5544164b 100644
--- a/anomalib/models/padim/model.py
+++ b/anomalib/models/padim/model.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import torch
 import torch.nn.functional as F
 import torchvision
-from kornia import gaussian_blur2d
+from kornia.filters import gaussian_blur2d
 from omegaconf import DictConfig, ListConfig
 from torch import Tensor, nn
 
diff --git a/anomalib/models/patchcore/model.py b/anomalib/models/patchcore/model.py
index 419f728926..5358c8c594 100644
--- a/anomalib/models/patchcore/model.py
+++ b/anomalib/models/patchcore/model.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import torch
 import torch.nn.functional as F
 import torchvision
-from kornia import gaussian_blur2d
+from kornia.filters import gaussian_blur2d
 from omegaconf import ListConfig
 from torch import Tensor, nn
 
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 0296a08193..929bcb7ba6 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,21 +1,11 @@
-albumentations==1.1.0
-attrdict==2.0.1
-defusedxml==0.7.1
-einops==0.3.2
-kornia==0.5.6
-lxml==4.6.5
-matplotlib==3.4.3
-networkx~=2.5
-numpy~=1.19.5
-omegaconf==2.1.1
+albumentations>=1.1.0
+einops>=0.3.2
+kornia>=0.5.6
+omegaconf>=2.1.1
 opencv-python>=4.5.3.56
-opencv-contrib-python==4.5.5.62
-pandas~=1.1.5
-pillow==9.0.0
+pandas>=1.1.0
 pytorch-lightning>=1.6.0
-torch==1.8.1
-torchvision==0.9.1
-torchtext==0.9.1
-scikit-image>=0.17.2
-scikit-learn==0.24.2
+torchvision>=0.9.1
+torchtext>=0.9.1
 wandb==0.12.9
+matplotlib>=3.4.3