diff --git a/ros2bag/package.xml b/ros2bag/package.xml
index a686bdc06b..ec881425d0 100644
--- a/ros2bag/package.xml
+++ b/ros2bag/package.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   <license>Apache License 2.0</license>
 
   <exec_depend>ament_index_python</exec_depend>
+  <exec_depend>python3-yaml</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>rclpy</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>ros2cli</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>rosbag2_py</exec_depend>