diff --git a/extensions/apiconnect/package.json b/extensions/apiconnect/package.json
index 1e2f9db6a7bf..4a13292e67f0 100644
--- a/extensions/apiconnect/package.json
+++ b/extensions/apiconnect/package.json
@@ -39,12 +39,15 @@
     "directory": "extensions/apiconnect"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@loopback/core": "^2.9.1",
-    "@loopback/openapi-v3": "^3.4.5",
     "tslib": "^2.0.0"
   },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@loopback/core": "^2.9.1",
+    "@loopback/rest": "^5.2.0"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@loopback/build": "^6.1.0",
+    "@loopback/core": "^2.9.1",
     "@loopback/eslint-config": "^8.0.3",
     "@loopback/rest": "^5.2.0",
     "@loopback/testlab": "^3.2.0",
diff --git a/extensions/apiconnect/src/apiconnect.spec-enhancer.ts b/extensions/apiconnect/src/apiconnect.spec-enhancer.ts
index b2906b5c36b9..1c99da7391a3 100644
--- a/extensions/apiconnect/src/apiconnect.spec-enhancer.ts
+++ b/extensions/apiconnect/src/apiconnect.spec-enhancer.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   CoreBindings,
   inject,
 } from '@loopback/core';
-import {asSpecEnhancer, OASEnhancer, OpenAPIObject} from '@loopback/openapi-v3';
+import {asSpecEnhancer, OASEnhancer, OpenAPIObject} from '@loopback/rest';
 
 /**
  * Configuration for IBM API Connect extensions to the OpenAPI spec
diff --git a/extensions/apiconnect/tsconfig.json b/extensions/apiconnect/tsconfig.json
index d86749617e9a..bdd4f3eb6b2a 100644
--- a/extensions/apiconnect/tsconfig.json
+++ b/extensions/apiconnect/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
     {
       "path": "../../packages/core/tsconfig.json"
     },
-    {
-      "path": "../../packages/openapi-v3/tsconfig.json"
-    },
     {
       "path": "../../packages/rest/tsconfig.json"
     },