diff --git a/lib/ord.js b/lib/ord.js
index de5f9fe..ad0a6ed 100644
--- a/lib/ord.js
+++ b/lib/ord.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const path = require("path");
+const cds = require("@sap/cds");
 const { exists } = cds.utils;
 const defaults = require("./defaults");
 const {
diff --git a/lib/plugin.js b/lib/plugin.js
index 648bc54..4dd6fcf 100644
--- a/lib/plugin.js
+++ b/lib/plugin.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const { ord, getMetadata, defaults } = require("./");
+const cds = require("@sap/cds");
 
 cds.on("bootstrap", (app) => {
   app.use("/.well-known/open-resource-discovery", async (req, res) => {
diff --git a/lib/templates.js b/lib/templates.js
index e921d76..2c97082 100644
--- a/lib/templates.js
+++ b/lib/templates.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const defaults = require("./defaults");
+const cds = require("@sap/cds");
 const fReplaceSpecialCharacters = (namespace) => {
   return namespace.replace(/customer\.(.+)/, (match, group1) => 'customer.' + group1.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g, ''))
 }