diff --git a/docs/build-templates/searxng.rst b/docs/build-templates/searxng.rst
index cdd665c74..c30268ff5 100644
--- a/docs/build-templates/searxng.rst
+++ b/docs/build-templates/searxng.rst
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ ${fedora_build}
        pip install -U setuptools
        pip install -U wheel
        pip install -U pyyaml
+       pip install -U msgspec
 
        # jump to SearXNG's working tree and install SearXNG into virtualenv
        (${SERVICE_USER})$ cd \"$SEARXNG_SRC\"