diff --git a/packages/framework/src/types/discover.types.ts b/packages/framework/src/types/discover.types.ts
index 1f6cf46ea31..cf82d1cfa0b 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/types/discover.types.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/src/types/discover.types.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export type DiscoverStepOutput = {
 export type DiscoverWorkflowOutput = {
   workflowId: string;
   execute: Execute<Record<string, unknown>, Record<string, unknown>>;
+  /** @deprecated use top-level properties instead */
   options: WorkflowOptions<Schema, Schema>;
   code: string;
   steps: Array<DiscoverStepOutput>;
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/validators/zod.validator.ts b/packages/framework/src/validators/zod.validator.ts
index ceae534b88f..e6eb413a372 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/validators/zod.validator.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/src/validators/zod.validator.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { ZodSchema } from 'zod';
-import { zodToJsonSchema } from 'zod-to-json-schema';
 
 import type { FromSchema, FromSchemaUnvalidated, JsonSchema, Schema } from '../types/schema.types';
 import type { ValidateResult, Validator } from '../types/validator.types';
@@ -30,6 +29,9 @@ export class ZodValidator implements Validator<ZodSchema> {
 
   transformToJsonSchema(schema: ZodSchema): JsonSchema {
     try {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line global-require
+      const { zodToJsonSchema } = require('zod-to-json-schema') as typeof import('zod-to-json-schema');
+
       // @ts-expect-error - zod-to-json-schema is not using JSONSchema7
       return zodToJsonSchema(schema);
     } catch (error) {