diff --git a/DataFormats/Provenance/src/classes_def.xml b/DataFormats/Provenance/src/classes_def.xml
index 15505bddfce04..02c270c661841 100644
--- a/DataFormats/Provenance/src/classes_def.xml
+++ b/DataFormats/Provenance/src/classes_def.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
  <class name="edm::BranchChildren" ClassVersion="10">
   <version ClassVersion="10" checksum="137742168"/>
  </class>
+ <!--ProductDependencies is a typedef of BranchChildren  -->
+ <typedef name="edm::ProductDependencies"/>
  <class name="edm::ProductProvenance" ClassVersion="12">
   <version ClassVersion="12" checksum="737844716"/>
   <version ClassVersion="11" checksum="3594205707"/>