diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b3a1165baa..1d348f5600 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4568,6 +4568,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ipnetwork 0.16.0",
  "log",
  "nym-api-requests",
+ "nym-authenticator",
  "nym-bin-common",
  "nym-config",
  "nym-credentials",
diff --git a/gateway/Cargo.toml b/gateway/Cargo.toml
index 33afbf502a..40a1c66958 100644
--- a/gateway/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gateway/Cargo.toml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ nym-types = { path = "../common/types" }
 nym-validator-client = { path = "../common/client-libs/validator-client" }
 nym-ip-packet-router = { path = "../service-providers/ip-packet-router" }
 
-nym-authenticator = { path = "../common/authenticator", optional = true }
+nym-authenticator = { path = "../service-providers/authenticator", optional = true }
 nym-wireguard = { path = "../common/wireguard", optional = true }
 nym-wireguard-types = { path = "../common/wireguard-types", default-features = false }