diff --git a/gitlab-ci/validate_workflows.control b/gitlab-ci/validate_workflows.control
index 611b606f3d5ee7aac697d09d58fddcb1feb0f65e..4744914e75910b1c251572b5bc8cff6b3d78ece0 100644
--- a/gitlab-ci/validate_workflows.control
+++ b/gitlab-ci/validate_workflows.control
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ Description: This is a meta tool to validate files based on specified SLUBArchiv
 Homepage: https://git.slub-dresden.de/digital-preservation/validate_workflows
 Section: main
 Priority: optional
-Depends: bash, gawk, mawk, coreutils, file, util-linux, sed
+Depends: bash, gawk, mawk, coreutils, file, util-linux, sed, findutils
 Recommends: mediaconch, checkit_tiff_upcoming, checkit_tiff_current, iccDumpProfile, ewf-tools, verapdf
diff --git a/src/usr/local/bin/validate_workflow.sh b/src/usr/local/bin/validate_workflow.sh
index 4f0627ba5c70c68209617d41e1736dff9a3060f9..5cc11e79f53a9008e7b15acc8e224f243be6a1d1 100755
--- a/src/usr/local/bin/validate_workflow.sh
+++ b/src/usr/local/bin/validate_workflow.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 #hh
 
 # expected programs/packages:
-# bash, gawk, mawk, coreutils, file, util-linux, sed
+# bash, gawk, mawk, coreutils, file, util-linux, sed, findutils
 # mediaconch, checkit_tiff_upcoming, checkit_tiff_current, iccDumpProfile, ewf-tools, verapdf
 
 # PARAMETER VALUES LISTS