diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ board](https://github.com/filecoin-project/go-lotus/projects/1).
 - git
 - bzr (some go dependency needs this)
 - b2sum
+- jq
 
 *Building:*
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