diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7f680a0..67f8827 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,8 +44,5 @@
   "workspaces": [
     "src/backend",
     "src/frontend"
-  ],
-  "dependencies": {
-    "dotenv": "^17.2.3"
-  }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/package.json b/src/backend/package.json
index 37852a4..827fb82 100644
--- a/src/backend/package.json
+++ b/src/backend/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
     "compression": "^1.7.4",
     "joi": "^18.0.1",
     "seq-logging": "^3.0.0",
-    "node-cache": "^5.1.2"
+    "node-cache": "^5.1.2",
+    "dotenv": "^17.2.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/express": "^5.0.3",