diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6af0ba6..021ec15 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ name = "coduck-backend"
 anyhow = "1.0"
 axum = { version = "0.8.4", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4.38", features = ["serde"] }
-dotenv = "0.15.0"
+dotenvy = "0.15.0"
 git2 = "0.20.2"
 serde = { version = "1.0.219", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.133"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2bab672..5d57e6f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ async fn health_check() -> &'static str {
 }
 
 pub fn build_router() -> Router {
-    dotenv::dotenv().ok();
+    dotenvy::dotenv().ok();
 
     let upload_dir = std::env::var("UPLOAD_DIR").expect("UPLOAD_DIR must be set");
     let upload_path = PathBuf::from(upload_dir);