diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/blake/plugins.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/blake/plugins.lua
index 34110e9..7c3ea26 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/blake/plugins.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/blake/plugins.lua
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ return require('packer').startup({function()
    -- }
    use { -- virtual-text:              Print Variable names while debugging
       'theHamsta/nvim-dap-virtual-text',
+      requires = {"mfussenegger/nvim-dap", "nvim-neotest/nvim-nio"},
       config = function()
          -- calling this with a parameter to keep lua language server from complaining
          require("nvim-dap-virtual-text").setup({context_commentstring = {enable = true,}})