diff --git a/.cloudbuild/library_generation/library_generation.Dockerfile b/.cloudbuild/library_generation/library_generation.Dockerfile
index 4b3b1f4b1c..09d23a106b 100644
--- a/.cloudbuild/library_generation/library_generation.Dockerfile
+++ b/.cloudbuild/library_generation/library_generation.Dockerfile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ RUN rm $(which python3)
 RUN ln -s $(which python3.11) /usr/local/bin/python
 RUN ln -s $(which python3.11) /usr/local/bin/python3
 RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN cd /src && python -m pip install -r requirements.in
+RUN cd /src && python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 RUN cd /src && python -m pip install .
 
 # set dummy git credentials for empty commit used in postprocessing
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify_library_generation.yaml b/.github/workflows/verify_library_generation.yaml
index ca308461c0..c51f8ed7b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify_library_generation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify_library_generation.yaml
@@ -10,17 +10,9 @@ on:
 name: verify_library_generation
 jobs:
   integration_tests:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        java: [ 11 ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-      with:
-        java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
-        distribution: temurin
-        cache: maven
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: 3.11
@@ -41,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         set -ex
         pushd library_generation
-        pip install -r requirements.in
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
         pip install .
         popd
     - name: Run integration tests
@@ -71,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         set -ex
         pushd library_generation
-        pip install -r requirements.in
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
         popd
     - name: install synthtool
       shell: bash
@@ -115,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         set -ex
         pushd library_generation
-        pip install -r requirements.in
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
         popd
     - name: Lint
       shell: bash
diff --git a/library_generation/README.md b/library_generation/README.md
index 364ec6b511..04da9fda03 100644
--- a/library_generation/README.md
+++ b/library_generation/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ google-cloud-java) from a configuration file.
 - Java runtime environment (8 or above)
 - Apache Maven (used in formatting source code)
 - Python (3.11.6 or above)
+- Docker 
+- Git
 
 ## Prerequisite
 
@@ -188,22 +190,26 @@ libraries:
       - proto_path: google/cloud/asset/v1p7beta1
 ```
 
+# Local Environment Setup before running `entry_point.py`
+
+1. Assuming Python 3 is installed, follow official guide from [Python.org](https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/installing-using-pip-and-virtual-environments/#create-and-use-virtual-environments) to create a virtual environment. The virtual environment can be installed to any folder, usually it is recommended to be installed under the root folder of the project(`sdk-platform-java` in this case).
+2. Assuming the virtual environment is installed under `sdk-platform-java`. Run the following command under the root folder of `sdk-platform-java` to install the dependencies of `library_generation`
+```bash
+python -m pip install -r library_generation/requirements.txt
+```
+3. Run the following command to install `library_generation` as a module, which allows the `library_generation` module to be imported from anywhere
+```bash
+python -m pip install library_generation/
+```
+
 ## An example to generate a repository using `entry_point.py`
 
 ```bash
-# install python module (allows the `library_generation` module to be imported from anywhere)
-python -m pip install -r library_generation/requirements.in
-# install library_generation module
-python -m pip install library_generation
-# generate the repository
-python -m library_generation/entry_point.py generate \
+python library_generation/entry_point.py generate \
 --baseline-generation-config=/path/to/baseline_config_file \
 --current-generation-config=/path/to/current_config_file \
---repository-path=/path/to/repository
+--repository-path=path/to/repository
 ```
-
-## An example of generated repository using `entry_point.py`
-
 If you run `entry_point.py` with the example [configuration](#an-example-of-generation-configuration)
 shown above, the repository structure is:
 ```
diff --git a/library_generation/requirements.in b/library_generation/requirements.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from library_generation/requirements.in
rename to library_generation/requirements.txt