diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7a7a1421..12e2aecd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "ansible-core<2.17",     # For RHEL 8 support
   "ansible-lint",
   "antsibull-docs >= 2.0.0, < 3.0.0",
+  "jmespath",
 ]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default.scripts]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5ecc8933..34e7aa30 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+jmespath
 netaddr
 psycopg2-binary
 cryptography