diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/messaging/error.ts b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/messaging/error.ts
index f489c065dbf9f1..655edc73197949 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-protocol/src/messaging/error.ts
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/src/messaging/error.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 import { scrubber } from "../util/scrubbing";
-import { ServerErrorResponse } from "@grpc/grpc-js/build/src/server-call";
-import { Status } from "@grpc/grpc-js/build/src/constants";
+import { Status } from "nice-grpc-common";
 
 export class ApplicationError extends Error {
     constructor(public readonly code: ErrorCode, message: string, public readonly data?: any) {
@@ -39,7 +38,9 @@ export namespace ApplicationError {
         }
     }
 
-    export function fromGRPCError(e: ServerErrorResponse, data?: any): ApplicationError {
+    export function fromGRPCError(e: any & Error, data?: any): ApplicationError {
+        // Argument e should be ServerErrorResponse
+        // But to reduce dependency requirement, we use Error here
         return new ApplicationError(categorizeRPCError(e.code), e.message, data);
     }