diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 0076929a3b3aa397c72554b48f7dd903f1fd186a..04316d58fd2e34506c36be5f76ea16711fd8198f 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ dependencies:
     # data I/O
   - cdo
   - python-cdo
+  - cdsapi
   - xarray
   - dask
   - gdal