diff --git a/dev-python/nbconvert/nbconvert-5.5.0.ebuild b/dev-python/nbconvert/nbconvert-5.5.0.ebuild
index 542772f0ca2fc..913466aa9ad4b 100644
--- a/dev-python/nbconvert/nbconvert-5.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/nbconvert/nbconvert-5.5.0.ebuild
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ IUSE="doc test"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/bleach[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/defusedxml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/entrypoints-0.2.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/jinja[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/jupyter_core[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]