diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 112e2fc03c64d82ae4a26ff1d19d717443639393..4a47516e67c835ad0a716f76eb7e36a8332a2bbc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ The Python template uses some global configuration used throughout all jobs.
 | `PIP_INDEX_URL`      | Python repository url                                                                 | _none_             |
 | `PIP_OPTS`           | pip [extra options](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip/#general-options)     | _none_             |
 | `PYTHON_EXTRA_DEPS`  | Python extra sets of dependencies to install<br/>For [Setuptools](https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/dependency_management.html?highlight=extras#optional-dependencies) or [Poetry](https://python-poetry.org/docs/pyproject/#extras) only | _none_ |
-| `REQUIREMENTS_FILE`  | Name of requirements file _(relative to `$PYTHON_PROJECT_DIR`)_<br/>For [Requirements Files](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#requirements-files) build-system only | `requirements.txt` |
-| `TEST_REQUIREMENTS_FILE` | Name of dev/test requirements file _(relative to `$PYTHON_PROJECT_DIR`)_ | `test-requirements.txt` |
+| `PYTHON_REQS_FILE`   | Main requirements file _(relative to `$PYTHON_PROJECT_DIR`)_<br/>For [Requirements Files](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#requirements-files) build-system only | `requirements.txt` |
+| `PYTHON_EXTRA_REQS_FILES` | Extra dev requirements file(s) to install _(relative to `$PYTHON_PROJECT_DIR`)_ | `requirements-dev.txt` |
 
 The cache policy also makes the necessary to manage pip cache (not to download Python dependencies over and over again).
 
diff --git a/kicker.json b/kicker.json
index 702f0236bac0fbdac5ab3273654cf66913b49a4a..35d8ab8205c40f7ae8fd23675b483055275fca2b 100644
--- a/kicker.json
+++ b/kicker.json
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@
       "advanced": true
     },
     {
-      "name": "REQUIREMENTS_FILE",
-      "description": "Name of requirements file _(relative to `$PYTHON_PROJECT_DIR`)_\n\nFor [Requirements Files](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#requirements-files) build-system only",
+      "name": "PYTHON_REQS_FILE",
+      "description": "Main requirements file _(relative to `$PYTHON_PROJECT_DIR`)_\n\nFor [Requirements Files](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#requirements-files) build-system only",
       "default": "requirements.txt",
       "advanced": true
     },
     {
-      "name": "TEST_REQUIREMENTS_FILE",
-      "description": "Name of dev/test requirements file _(relative to `$PYTHON_PROJECT_DIR`)_\n\nFor [Requirements Files](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#requirements-files) build-system only",
-      "default": "test-requirements.txt",
+      "name": "PYTHON_EXTRA_REQS_FILES",
+      "description": "Extra dev requirements file(s) to install _(relative to `$PYTHON_PROJECT_DIR`)_\n\nFor [Requirements Files](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#requirements-files) build-system only",
+      "default": "requirements-dev.txt",
       "advanced": true
     },
     {
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index 434b958670c5578056100e797f41b7e7810e1efb..9ac450376b4e088cded299d265a82fb57393be0d 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ variables:
   PYTHON_IMAGE: python:3
   # Default Python project root directory
   PYTHON_PROJECT_DIR: .
-  REQUIREMENTS_FILE: requirements.txt
-  TEST_REQUIREMENTS_FILE: test-requirements.txt
-  SETUP_PY_DIR: "."
+
+  PYTHON_REQS_FILE: requirements.txt
+  PYTHON_EXTRA_REQS_FILES: "requirements-dev.txt"
+
   # default production ref name (pattern)
   PROD_REF: '/^(master|main)$/'
   # default integration ref name (pattern)
@@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ variables:
     then
       log_info "--- Build system auto-detected: Pipenv"
       export PYTHON_BUILD_SYSTEM="pipenv"
-    elif [[ -f "${REQUIREMENTS_FILE}" ]]
+    elif [[ -f "${PYTHON_REQS_FILE}" ]]
     then
       log_info "--- Build system auto-detected: requirements file"
       export PYTHON_BUILD_SYSTEM="reqfile"
@@ -311,17 +312,20 @@ variables:
       fi
       ;;
     reqfile)
-      if [[ -f "${REQUIREMENTS_FILE}" ]]; then
-        log_info "--- installing build requirements from \\e[33;1m${REQUIREMENTS_FILE}\\e[0m"
+      if [[ -f "${PYTHON_REQS_FILE}" ]]; then
+        log_info "--- installing main requirements from \\e[33;1m${PYTHON_REQS_FILE}\\e[0m"
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+        pip install ${PIP_OPTS} -r "${PYTHON_REQS_FILE}"
         # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-        pip install ${PIP_OPTS} -r "${REQUIREMENTS_FILE}"
-        if [[ -f "${TEST_REQUIREMENTS_FILE}" ]]; then
-          log_info "--- installing test requirements from \\e[33;1m${TEST_REQUIREMENTS_FILE}\\e[0m"
+        found_reqs_files=$(eval ls -1 $PYTHON_EXTRA_REQS_FILES 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2116
+        for extrareqsfile in $(echo "$found_reqs_files"); do
+          log_info "--- installing extra requirements from \\e[33;1m${extrareqsfile}\\e[0m"
           # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-          pip install ${PIP_OPTS} -r "${TEST_REQUIREMENTS_FILE}"
-        fi
+          pip install ${PIP_OPTS} -r "${extrareqsfile}"
+        done
       else
-        log_warn "--- requirements build system defined, but no ${REQUIREMENTS_FILE} file found"
+        log_warn "--- requirements build system defined, but no ${PYTHON_REQS_FILE} file found"
       fi
       ;;
     esac