diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 5751d0c2..b8b99d8a 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@
                    (println))}
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.10.3"]
                  [yetibot/core "20240111.191416.9c099fd"]
+                 ; not sure why we need to include this at the top level since
+                 ; it's already included in yetibot/core, but things don't work
+                 ; without it.
+                 [stylefruits/gniazdo "1.2.2"]
+
                  ; yetibot plugins. Note: we're baking these into the jar/docker
                  ; image instead of loading them dynamically at runtime because
                  ; we found that pomegranate does not work inside a docker