diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 76820b98..15faefac 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ requirements:
 
 test:
   requires:
+    - blark
     - codecov
     - flake8
     - happi
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 4c63b79d..ee038d70 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pytest-aiohttp
 pytest-cov
 
 # plugin dependencies
+blark
 happi
 python-ldap
 pytmc