diff --git a/datastore.nimble b/datastore.nimble
index fade412..df032c4 100644
--- a/datastore.nimble
+++ b/datastore.nimble
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ requires "nim >= 1.6.14",
          "unittest2",
          "pretty",
          "threading",
+         "taskpools",
          "upraises >= 0.1.0 & < 0.2.0"
 
 task coverage, "generates code coverage report":