diff --git a/pkg/de-p1st-base-efi/PKGBUILD b/pkg/de-p1st-base-efi/PKGBUILD
index 5f27c28..f8f8ded 100644
--- a/pkg/de-p1st-base-efi/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkg/de-p1st-base-efi/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 _pkgname=base-efi
 _reponame=arch-pkg
 pkgname="de-p1st-$_pkgname"
-pkgver=0.0.2
+pkgver=0.0.3
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Arch Linux base packages"
 arch=('any')
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ depends+=('de-p1st-grub' 'efibootmgr')
 depends+=('zsh' 'grml-zsh-config')
 # virtual console keyboard config
 depends+=('de-p1st-keyboard')
+# networking
+depends+=('de-p1st-networkmanager' 'de-p1st-dns')
 
 # fonts
 depends+=('noto-fonts' 'ttf-material-design-icons-git' 'ttf-unifont')
diff --git a/pkg/de-p1st-dns/PKGBUILD b/pkg/de-p1st-dns/PKGBUILD
index 84f53ce..3425d25 100644
--- a/pkg/de-p1st-dns/PKGBUILD
+++ b/pkg/de-p1st-dns/PKGBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 _pkgname=dns
 _reponame=arch-pkg
 pkgname="de-p1st-$_pkgname"
-pkgver=0.0.1
+pkgver=0.0.2
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="DNS configuration: Use DNS over TLS"
 arch=('any')
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ groups=()
 depends=('systemd')
 # (optional) replacement for resolvconf
 depends+=('systemd-resolvconf')
+# this has only been tested with NetworkManager, so we depend on it
+depends+=('networkmanager')
 
 makedepends=('git')
 optdepends=()