diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1dd9063..5244f8f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "depd": "^2.0.0",
-    "xml2js": "^0.5.0"
+    "fast-xml-parser": "^5.7.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@release-it/conventional-changelog": "^12.0.2",
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
     "sinon": "^14.0.1"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "fast-xml-parser": "^5.7.0",
     "idb-connector": "^1.2.18",
     "idb-pconnector": "^1.1.0",
     "odbc": "^2.4.6",