diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e6d14129d2..8fd27b98f8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "packaging",
     "pandas",
     "pydantic>=2.0.0",
+    "python-dotenv",
     "requests",
     "rich[jupyter]",
     "ruamel.yaml",
@@ -79,7 +80,6 @@ dev = [
     "PyAthena[Pandas]",
     "PyGithub>=2.6.0",
     "pyperf",
-    "python-dotenv",
     "pyspark~=3.5.0",
     "pytest",
     "pytest-asyncio",