diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ba796fc63a..3501c721f9 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -245,12 +245,12 @@ install(
 
 #Debian package specific variables
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "amd-smi")
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_RECOMMENDS "sudo, python3-argcomplete, libdrm-dev")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_RECOMMENDS "sudo, python3-argcomplete, libdrm-dev, python3-yaml")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_RECOMMENDS ${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_RECOMMENDS})
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_DEV_PACKAGE_RECOMMENDS ${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_RECOMMENDS})
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "${AMD_SMI_PACKAGE}-asan")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_DEV_PACKAGE_PROVIDES "${AMD_SMI_PACKAGE}")
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "python3 (>= 3.6.8), python3-pip, python3-yaml")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "python3 (>= 3.6.8), python3-pip")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS ${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS})
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_DEV_PACKAGE_DEPENDS ${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS})
 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS "python3-argcomplete")
 set(CPACK_RPM_DEV_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS ${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS})
 set(CPACK_RPM_ASAN_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS ${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS})
 # python version gated by rhel8 :(
-set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "python3 >= 3.6.8, python3-pip, python3-yaml")
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "python3 >= 3.6.8, python3-pip, python3-PyYAML")
 set(CPACK_RPM_DEV_PACKAGE_REQUIRES ${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES})
 set(CPACK_RPM_ASAN_PACKAGE_REQUIRES ${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES})