diff --git a/.binder/environment.yml b/.binder/environment.yml
index a2f98c9938bee878e497fb883c1fd47ec6904386..050fad4f300df5cd3481437cd65e9d9141db77f1 100644
--- a/.binder/environment.yml
+++ b/.binder/environment.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ dependencies:
 - lammps
 - flux-core
 - nglview =3.0.6
+- pyserial