diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8abdd7f8..065a986b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     "ses": "^0.11.0",
     "shx": "^0.3.2",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.19",
+    "ts-proto": "^1.53.0",
     "typedoc": "^0.19",
     "typescript": "~4.0",
     "webpack": "^4.43.0",
diff --git a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/package.json b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/package.json
index 97201e03..24dd8543 100644
--- a/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/package.json
+++ b/packages/cosmwasm-stargate/package.json
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/pako": "^1.0.1",
-    "readonly-date": "^1.0.0",
-    "ts-proto": "^1.53.0"
+    "readonly-date": "^1.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/proto-signing/package.json b/packages/proto-signing/package.json
index 8f5b9b7b..d254dfdb 100644
--- a/packages/proto-signing/package.json
+++ b/packages/proto-signing/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@cosmjs/encoding": "^0.24.0-alpha.22",
-    "@cosmjs/utils": "^0.24.0-alpha.22",
-    "ts-proto": "^1.53.0"
+    "@cosmjs/utils": "^0.24.0-alpha.22"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/stargate/package.json b/packages/stargate/package.json
index 9ddb59d4..fa4ec59e 100644
--- a/packages/stargate/package.json
+++ b/packages/stargate/package.json
@@ -56,8 +56,5 @@
     "@cosmjs/utils": "^0.24.0-alpha.22",
     "long": "^4.0.0",
     "protobufjs": "~6.10.2"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "ts-proto": "^1.53.0"
   }
 }