diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index 43d145f65e83b3ea6b0e23dd2218d5307ab05120..38b18e54d4ecd6f495c40e3070a8579620173cb6 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "pubsweet-sse": "^1.0.1",
     "subscriptions-transport-ws": "^0.9.12",
     "uuid": "^3.0.1",
+    "waait": "^1.0.2",
     "winston": "^2.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {