diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-numpy_1.21.4.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-numpy_1.21.4.bb
index 8988a5bc39..a3ea4ab5aa 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-numpy_1.21.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-numpy_1.21.4.bb
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} = "${PYTHON_PN}-unittest \
                   ${PYTHON_PN}-ctypes \
                   ${PYTHON_PN}-threading \
                   ${PYTHON_PN}-multiprocessing \
+                  ${PYTHON_PN}-json \
 "
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "${PYTHON_PN}-pytest \
                          ${PYTHON_PN}-hypothesis \