diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e242ef00..14ec3ca8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -144,4 +144,4 @@ pyqtgraph = { git = "https://github.com/pikers/pyqtgraph.git" }
 asyncvnc = { git = "https://github.com/pikers/asyncvnc.git", branch = "main" }
 tomlkit = { git = "https://github.com/pikers/tomlkit.git", branch ="piker_pin" }
 msgspec = { git = "https://github.com/jcrist/msgspec.git" }
-tractor = { path = "../tractor" }
+tractor = { path = "../tractor", editable = true }