diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8b5a3760c..ec3232080 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyyaml",
     "requests",
     "sqlalchemy>=1.4",
+    "tqdm",
     "twisted",
 ]
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d020ff284..e552f8e30 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pyasn1==0.4.8
 numpy
 pyyaml
 requests
+tqdm
 
 # acu agent
 soaculib @ git+https://github.com/simonsobs/soaculib.git@master