diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67a2e5a0..f2456f43 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/zeromq/zeromq.js.git"
   },
   "homepage": "http://zeromq.github.io/zeromq.js/",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "node-addon-api": "^8.3.0"
-  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/benchmark": "~2.1.5",
     "@types/chai": "^4",
@@ -60,7 +57,8 @@
     "which": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "@aminya/cmake-ts": "0.3.0-aminya.7"
+    "@aminya/cmake-ts": "0.3.0-aminya.7",
+    "node-addon-api": "^8.3.0"
   },
   "pnpm": {
     "overrides": {