diff --git a/sub-packages/bionemo-fw/pyproject.toml b/sub-packages/bionemo-fw/pyproject.toml
index 9db245422..bc0622716 100644
--- a/sub-packages/bionemo-fw/pyproject.toml
+++ b/sub-packages/bionemo-fw/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
     # external
     'nltk',
     'numba>=0.57.1',
+    'toml',
     'zarr',
 ]