diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 175b0a13b..70afe8dd9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "requests",
   "numpy<2",
   "python-dateutil",
+  "haystack-experimental",
 ]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-haystack-experimental-dependency-96ff02e71bc2af13.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-haystack-experimental-dependency-96ff02e71bc2af13.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..caa98d0d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-haystack-experimental-dependency-96ff02e71bc2af13.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+ - |
+   Added haystack-experimental to the project's dependencies to enable automatic use of cutting-edge features from Haystack. Users can now access components from haystack-experimental by simply importing them from haystack_experimental instead of haystack. For more information, visit https://github.com/deepset-ai/haystack-experimental.