diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a69adc9d..95790d94 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ install_requires =
     datalad-metadata-model >=0.3.10
     pytest
     pyyaml
+    datalad-next @ git+https://github.com/mih/datalad-next@resolvepath#egg=datalad-next,
 test_requires =
     coverage
     pytest