diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 017d9ed..55c9d56 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Add missing `org.clojure/java.classpath` dependency to fix REPL startup errors in minimal projects.
+
 ## 0.5.1
 
 ## 0.5.0
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index aefee4d..31fe5e8 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {:paths ["src"]
  :deps {nrepl/nrepl {:mvn/version "1.5.0"}
+        org.clojure/java.classpath {:mvn/version "1.1.0"}
         metosin/jsonista {:mvn/version "0.3.13"}
         io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-autoconfigure {:mvn/version "1.51.0"}
         io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-api {:mvn/version "1.51.0"}