diff --git a/cli/package.json b/cli/package.json
index 6a4cecda..008e45ea 100644
--- a/cli/package.json
+++ b/cli/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/napi-rs/napi-rs/issues"
   },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "inquirer": "^8.1.2"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@octokit/rest": "^18.10.0",
     "@types/inquirer": "^7.3.3",
@@ -39,7 +42,6 @@
     "clipanion": "^3.0.1",
     "debug": "^4.3.2",
     "fdir": "^5.1.0",
-    "inquirer": "^8.1.2",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "putasset": "^5.0.3",
     "toml": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 309934bd..0520354f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "build:test:aarch64": "yarn --cwd ./test_module build-aarch64",
     "build:test:android": "yarn --cwd ./test_module build --target aarch64-linux-android",
     "build:test:armv7": "yarn --cwd ./test_module build-armv7",
-    "bundle": "esbuild ./cli/src/index.ts --bundle --platform=node --outdir=cli/scripts --main-fields=\"module,main,browser\" --external:iconv-lite",
+    "bundle": "esbuild ./cli/src/index.ts --bundle --platform=node --outdir=cli/scripts --main-fields=\"module,main,browser\" --external:inquirer --external:iconv-lite",
     "format": "run-p format:md format:json format:yaml format:source format:rs",
     "format:md": "prettier --parser markdown --write ./**/*.md",
     "format:json": "prettier --parser json --write ./**/*.json",