diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b0564a99e3..26739d2a72 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2186,12 +2186,6 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fea41bba32d969b513997752735605054bc0dfa92b4c56bf1189f2e174be7a10"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dotenv"
-version = "0.15.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "77c90badedccf4105eca100756a0b1289e191f6fcbdadd3cee1d2f614f97da8f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dotenvy"
 version = "0.15.7"
@@ -5212,7 +5206,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "clap 4.5.20",
  "colored",
- "dotenv",
+ "dotenvy",
  "futures",
  "humantime 2.1.0",
  "nym-bin-common 0.6.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e6fbec5579..9e4b6716c3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ defguard_wireguard_rs = { git = "https://github.com/DefGuard/wireguard-rs.git",
 digest = "0.10.7"
 dirs = "5.0"
 doc-comment = "0.3"
-dotenv = "0.15.0"
 dotenvy = "0.15.6"
 ecdsa = "0.16"
 ed25519-dalek = "2.1"
diff --git a/nym-credential-proxy/nym-credential-proxy/Cargo.toml b/nym-credential-proxy/nym-credential-proxy/Cargo.toml
index eb852c891e..55a57a0800 100644
--- a/nym-credential-proxy/nym-credential-proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-credential-proxy/nym-credential-proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ bs58.workspace = true
 cfg-if = { workspace = true }
 colored.workspace = true
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive", "env"] }
-dotenv.workspace = true
+dotenvy.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
 humantime.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true