diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/package.json b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/package.json
index fd8feb541d..c337b87a0a 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/package.json
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
     "@opentelemetry/context-async-hooks": "^1.8.0",
     "@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils": "^0.34.0",
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base": "^1.8.0",
-    "@opentelemetry/sql-common": "^0.40.0",
     "@types/mocha": "7.0.2",
     "@types/mysql2": "github:types/mysql2",
     "@types/node": "18.11.7",
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@opentelemetry/instrumentation": "^0.41.0",
     "@opentelemetry/semantic-conventions": "^1.0.0",
+    "@opentelemetry/sql-common": "^0.40.0",
     "tslib": "^2.3.1"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib/tree/main/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2#readme"