diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9709f225..c7355149 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12,<4.0"
 dependencies = [
+    "jinja2>=3.1.6",
     "pyyaml>=6.0.2",
     "phoebusgen>=3.0.0",
     "lxml>=5.4.0",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 9326e74e..47573b19 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1143,6 +1143,7 @@ name = "techui-builder"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "epicsdbbuilder" },
+    { name = "jinja2" },
     { name = "lxml" },
     { name = "phoebusgen" },
     { name = "pydantic" },
@@ -1175,6 +1176,7 @@ dev = [
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "epicsdbbuilder", specifier = ">=1.5" },
+    { name = "jinja2", specifier = ">=3.1.6" },
     { name = "lxml", specifier = ">=5.4.0" },
     { name = "phoebusgen", specifier = ">=3.0.0" },
     { name = "pydantic", specifier = ">=2.11.7" },