diff --git a/dev-util/deblob/deblob-0.9.ebuild b/dev-util/deblob/deblob-0.9.ebuild
index 5c90df1f67..a8e91faa65 100644
--- a/dev-util/deblob/deblob-0.9.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/deblob/deblob-0.9.ebuild
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 
 DEPEND="
 	>=dev-lang/hare-0.24.2:=
+	dev-hare/hare-json
 "
 
 # built by hare
diff --git a/dev-util/deblob/deblob-9999.ebuild b/dev-util/deblob/deblob-9999.ebuild
index 3400f1d6a3..0e61ad264e 100644
--- a/dev-util/deblob/deblob-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/deblob/deblob-9999.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://git.sr.ht/~lanodan/deblob"
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
 
-DEPEND="dev-lang/hare:="
+DEPEND="
+	dev-lang/hare:=
+	dev-hare/hare-json
+"
 
 # built by hare
 QA_FLAGS_IGNORED="usr/bin/deblob"