diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index fb5b793e..bd02840f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ install_requires =
     ipympl>=0.3.0
     ipyvolume>=0.5.0
     ipyvolume>=0.6.0a10; python_version >= '3.8'
+    ipython_genutils>=0.2
     ipywidgets>=7.4.0
     ipyvue>=1.2.0,<2
     ipyvuetify>=1.2.0,<2