diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1bd4198..a2e312e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 requires = ["hatchling"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
+[tool.hatch.metadata]
+allow-direct-references = true
+
 [project]
 name = "aws-lambda-python"
 dynamic = ["version"]
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
 ]
 dependencies = [
+    #"open-mpic-core @ git+https://github.com/open-mpic/open-mpic-core-python.git@main",
     "pyyaml==6.0.1",
     "requests>=2.32.3",
     "dnspython==2.6.1",