diff --git a/node/package.json b/node/package.json
index 502f87b6..ec18d629 100644
--- a/node/package.json
+++ b/node/package.json
@@ -61,11 +61,13 @@
     "uuid": "^9.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@apache-arrow/ts": "^14.0.2",
     "@neon-rs/load": "^0.0.74",
-    "apache-arrow": "^14.0.2",
     "axios": "^1.4.0"
   },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@apache-arrow/ts": "^14.0.2",
+    "apache-arrow": "^14.0.2"
+  },
   "os": [
     "darwin",
     "linux",
diff --git a/nodejs/package.json b/nodejs/package.json
index 67510d38..ba91b0b8 100644
--- a/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/nodejs/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     "lancedb-linux-arm64-gnu": "0.4.3",
     "lancedb-linux-x64-gnu": "0.4.3"
   },
-  "dependencies": {
+  "peerDependencies": {
     "apache-arrow": "^15.0.0"
   }
 }