diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c3df2e1c05..a937d692ef 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -389,16 +389,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "async-file-watcher"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "futures",
- "log",
- "notify",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "async-io"
 version = "1.13.0"
@@ -5012,6 +5002,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "ts-rs",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nym-async-file-watcher"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures",
+ "log",
+ "notify",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nym-bandwidth-controller"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -5875,7 +5875,6 @@ version = "1.1.33"
 dependencies = [
  "addr",
  "anyhow",
- "async-file-watcher",
  "async-trait",
  "bs58 0.5.0",
  "clap 4.4.7",
@@ -5884,6 +5883,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "humantime-serde",
  "ipnetwork 0.20.0",
  "log",
+ "nym-async-file-watcher",
  "nym-bin-common",
  "nym-client-core",
  "nym-client-websocket-requests",
@@ -6695,7 +6695,6 @@ name = "nymvisor"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "async-file-watcher",
  "bytes",
  "clap 4.4.7",
  "dotenvy",
@@ -6705,6 +6704,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "humantime 2.1.0",
  "humantime-serde",
  "nix 0.27.1",
+ "nym-async-file-watcher",
  "nym-bin-common",
  "nym-config",
  "nym-task",
diff --git a/service-providers/network-requester/src/request_filter/allowed_hosts/stored_allowed_hosts.rs b/service-providers/network-requester/src/request_filter/allowed_hosts/stored_allowed_hosts.rs
index aeccebff05..a2e2537dba 100644
--- a/service-providers/network-requester/src/request_filter/allowed_hosts/stored_allowed_hosts.rs
+++ b/service-providers/network-requester/src/request_filter/allowed_hosts/stored_allowed_hosts.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
 
 use crate::request_filter::allowed_hosts::HostsStore;
-use async_file_watcher::{AsyncFileWatcher, FileWatcherEventReceiver};
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
 use futures::StreamExt;
+use nym_async_file_watcher::{AsyncFileWatcher, FileWatcherEventReceiver};
 use nym_task::TaskClient;
 use std::io;
 use std::path::Path;
diff --git a/tools/nymvisor/src/error.rs b/tools/nymvisor/src/error.rs
index 9d12c78861..5160bd3c00 100644
--- a/tools/nymvisor/src/error.rs
+++ b/tools/nymvisor/src/error.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use crate::upgrades::types::{CurrentVersionInfo, DigestAlgorithm, UpgradeInfo};
-use async_file_watcher::NotifyError;
 use nix::errno::Errno;
 use nix::sys::signal::Signal;
+use nym_async_file_watcher::NotifyError;
 use nym_bin_common::build_information::BinaryBuildInformationOwned;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::io;
diff --git a/tools/nymvisor/src/tasks/launcher/mod.rs b/tools/nymvisor/src/tasks/launcher/mod.rs
index a091ba1866..74e9195d8c 100644
--- a/tools/nymvisor/src/tasks/launcher/mod.rs
+++ b/tools/nymvisor/src/tasks/launcher/mod.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ use crate::error::NymvisorError;
 use crate::tasks::launcher::backup::BackupBuilder;
 use crate::upgrades::types::{CurrentVersionInfo, UpgradeInfo};
 use crate::upgrades::{perform_upgrade, types::UpgradePlan, UpgradeResult};
-use async_file_watcher::FileWatcherEventReceiver;
 use futures::future::{FusedFuture, OptionFuture};
 use futures::{FutureExt, StreamExt};
+use nym_async_file_watcher::FileWatcherEventReceiver;
 use nym_task::signal::wait_for_signal;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use time::OffsetDateTime;
diff --git a/tools/nymvisor/src/tasks/upgrade_plan_watcher.rs b/tools/nymvisor/src/tasks/upgrade_plan_watcher.rs
index 7ca896946b..5d7b937afc 100644
--- a/tools/nymvisor/src/tasks/upgrade_plan_watcher.rs
+++ b/tools/nymvisor/src/tasks/upgrade_plan_watcher.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::error::NymvisorError;
-use async_file_watcher::{AsyncFileWatcher, FileWatcherEventReceiver, NotifyResult};
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
+use nym_async_file_watcher::{AsyncFileWatcher, FileWatcherEventReceiver, NotifyResult};
 use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
 use tracing::warn;