diff --git a/registry.toml b/registry.toml
index cf702472ef..b2fed330f3 100644
--- a/registry.toml
+++ b/registry.toml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ amazon-ecr-credential-helper.backends = [
     "asdf:dex4er/asdf-amazon-ecr-credential-helper"
 ]
 android-sdk.backends = ["asdf:mise-plugins/mise-android-sdk"]
+android-sdk.depends = ["java", "yq"]
 ansible.backends = ["pipx:ansible[uvx=false,pipx_args=--include-deps]"]
 ansible.test = ['ansible --version', 'ansible']
 ansible-core.aliases = ["ansible-base"]