diff --git a/rosidl_runtime_py/package.xml b/rosidl_runtime_py/package.xml
index 55969400..12fba1b6 100644
--- a/rosidl_runtime_py/package.xml
+++ b/rosidl_runtime_py/package.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@
 
   <author email="jacob@openrobotics.org">Jacob Perron</author>
 
-  <test_depend>ament_lint_auto</test_depend>
-  <test_depend>ament_lint_common</test_depend>
+  <exec_depend>python3-yaml</exec_depend>
+
+  <test_depend>ament_copyright</test_depend>
+  <test_depend>ament_flake8</test_depend>
+  <test_depend>ament_pep257</test_depend>
+  <test_depend>python3-pytest</test_depend>
+  <test_depend>test_msgs</test_depend>
 
   <export>
     <build_type>ament_python</build_type>