diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index cb97f22147..695cc4383b 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ msgpack = "==0.6.2"
 
 python = ">=3.11,<3.12"
 inspire-schemas = "^61.5.32"
-inspire-utils = "^3.0.63"
 inspire-service-orcid = {git = "https://github.com/inspirehep/inspire-service-orcid.git", rev = "1a0e762e58bc9cac65f7665b9831993c017fd8bb"}
 inspire-json-merger = "^11.0.37"
 
@@ -99,6 +98,7 @@ Werkzeug = "2.1.0"
 SQLAlchemy = "^1.3.13"
 opensearch-py = "2.2.0"
 parsel = "^1.9.1"
+inspire-utils = "^3.0.63"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 coverage = {version = "^7.0.0", extras = ["toml"]}