diff --git a/bindings/grpc/Cargo.toml b/bindings/grpc/Cargo.toml
index 265767f16d..f594dc56d4 100644
--- a/bindings/grpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/grpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ identity_eddsa_verifier = { path = "../../identity_eddsa_verifier" }
 identity_iota = { path = "../../identity_iota", features = ["resolver", "sd-jwt", "domain-linkage", "domain-linkage-fetch", "status-list-2021"] }
 identity_stronghold = { path = "../../identity_stronghold", features = ["send-sync-storage"] }
 iota-sdk = { version = "1.1.2", features = ["stronghold"] }
+openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }
 prost = "0.12"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 serde = { version = "1.0.193", features = ["derive", "alloc"] }
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ tonic = "0.10"
 tracing = { version = "0.1.40", features = ["async-await"] }
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.18"
 url = { version = "2.5", default-features = false }
-openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 identity_storage = { path = "../../identity_storage", features = ["memstore"] }