diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 474775f3..ae346b24 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -152,6 +152,51 @@
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         },
+        "pyyaml": {
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+                "sha256:f84fbc98b019fef2ee9a1cb3ce93e3187a6df0b2538a651bfb890254ba9f90b5"
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+            "version": "==6.0"
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         "scipy": {
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                 "sha256:01b38dec7e9f897d4db04f8de4e20f0f5be3feac98468188a0f47a991b796055",
@@ -691,6 +736,51 @@
             ],
             "version": "==2022.4"
         },
+        "pyyaml": {
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+                "sha256:d4b0ba9512519522b118090257be113b9468d804b19d63c71dbcf4a48fa32358",
+                "sha256:d4db7c7aef085872ef65a8fd7d6d09a14ae91f691dec3e87ee5ee0539d516f53",
+                "sha256:d4eccecf9adf6fbcc6861a38015c2a64f38b9d94838ac1810a9023a0609e1b78",
+                "sha256:d67d839ede4ed1b28a4e8909735fc992a923cdb84e618544973d7dfc71540803",
+                "sha256:daf496c58a8c52083df09b80c860005194014c3698698d1a57cbcfa182142a3a",
+                "sha256:dbad0e9d368bb989f4515da330b88a057617d16b6a8245084f1b05400f24609f",
+                "sha256:e61ceaab6f49fb8bdfaa0f92c4b57bcfbea54c09277b1b4f7ac376bfb7a7c174",
+                "sha256:f84fbc98b019fef2ee9a1cb3ce93e3187a6df0b2538a651bfb890254ba9f90b5"
+            ],
+            "version": "==6.0"
+        },
         "requests": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:7c5599b102feddaa661c826c56ab4fee28bfd17f5abca1ebbe3e7f19d7c97983",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 480d5c21..117387ab 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ def install_for_development(self):
         epicscorelibs.version.abi_requires(),
         "pvxslibs>=1.2.4",
         "numpy<2.0",
-        "epicsdbbuilder>=1.4"
+        "epicsdbbuilder>=1.4",
+        "pyyaml>=6.0"
     ],
     zip_safe = False,  # setuptools_dso is not compatible with eggs!
 )