diff --git a/nym-api/Cargo.toml b/nym-api/Cargo.toml
index b936025f42..be1e2edb7c 100644
--- a/nym-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ moka = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true }
 rand_chacha = { workspace = true }
-reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["json", "query"] }
 semver = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
@@ -124,6 +123,7 @@ sqlx = { workspace = true, features = [
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 axum-test = { workspace = true }
+reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["json", "query"] }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
 cw3 = { workspace = true }
 cw-utils = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/nym-api/src/node_status_api/models.rs b/nym-api/src/node_status_api/models.rs
index 76a9d0199b..77bfc91092 100644
--- a/nym-api/src/node_status_api/models.rs
+++ b/nym-api/src/node_status_api/models.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use nym_mixnet_contract_common::reward_params::Performance;
 use nym_mixnet_contract_common::{IdentityKey, NodeId};
 use nym_serde_helpers::date::DATE_FORMAT;
 use nym_validator_client::nyxd::error::NyxdError;
-use reqwest::StatusCode;
+use axum::http::StatusCode;
 use schemars::JsonSchema;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sqlx::Error;