diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 12ef261ba..c28384888 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "httpx == 0.25.0",
     "pgvector == 0.2.4",
     "psycopg2-binary == 2.9.9",
-    "gunicorn == 21.2.0",
     "lxml == 4.9.3",
     "tzdata == 2023.3",
     "rapidocr-onnxruntime == 1.3.11; python_version<'3.12'",
@@ -93,6 +92,7 @@ khoj = "khoj.main:run"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 prod = [
+    "gunicorn == 22.0.0",
     "google-auth == 2.23.3",
     "stripe == 7.3.0",
     "twilio == 8.11",