diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 5d042653..082dc05d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -r base.txt
 
-Werkzeug==2.0.2 # https://github.com/pallets/werkzeug
+Werkzeug[watchdog]==2.0.2 # https://github.com/pallets/werkzeug
 ipdb==0.13.9  # https://github.com/gotcha/ipdb
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
 psycopg2==2.9.3  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2