diff --git a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/converters/tar_to_directory.xml b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/converters/tar_to_directory.xml
index 6865b86ee1d..2bc27a0ef72 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/datatypes/converters/tar_to_directory.xml
+++ b/lib/galaxy/datatypes/converters/tar_to_directory.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-<tool id="CONVERTER_tar_to_directory" name="Convert tar to directory" version="1.0.0" profile="17.05">
+<tool id="CONVERTER_tar_to_directory" name="Convert tar to directory" version="1.0.1" profile="17.05">
     <!-- Don't use tar directly so we can verify safety of results - tar -xzf '$input1'; -->
+    <requirements>
+        <requirement type="package" version="19.09">galay-util</requirement>
+    </requirements>
     <command>
         mkdir '$output1.files_path';
         cd '$output1.files_path';
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/tools/__init__.py b/lib/galaxy/tools/__init__.py
index 32e66b3dd68..0adf06cc1ae 100755
--- a/lib/galaxy/tools/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/tools/__init__.py
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ GALAXY_LIB_TOOLS_UNVERSIONED = [
     "CONVERTER_gff_to_interval_index_0",
     "CONVERTER_maf_to_fasta_0",
     "CONVERTER_maf_to_interval_0",
-    "CONVERTER_tar_to_directory",
     # Tools improperly migrated to the tool shed (devteam)
     "qualityFilter",
     "winSplitter",
@@ -191,6 +190,7 @@ GALAXY_LIB_TOOLS_VERSIONED = {
     "CONVERTER_wiggle_to_interval_0": packaging.version.parse("1.0.1"),
     "aggregate_scores_in_intervals2": packaging.version.parse("1.1.4"),
     "CONVERTER_fastq_to_fqtoc0": packaging.version.parse("1.0.1"),
+    "CONVERTER_tar_to_directory": packaging.version.parse("1.0.1"),
 }