diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1769cd78..53c3f917 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2367,6 +2367,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "velopack",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "velopack_python"
+version = "0.0.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "pyo3",
+ "velopack",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aab44027..b3126c1c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ walkdir = "2.5"
 rayon = "1.6"
 progress-streams = "1.1"
 flate2 = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
+pyo3 = { version = "0.25.0", features = ["extension-module", "macros"] }
 # mtzip = "=4.0.2"
 # ripunzip = "=2.0.1"
 # zerofrom = "=0.1.5"
diff --git a/src/lib-python/Cargo.toml b/src/lib-python/Cargo.toml
index 524d35da..1be98eb4 100644
--- a/src/lib-python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/lib-python/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "velopack-python"
+name = "velopack_python"
 version.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 homepage.workspace = true
@@ -11,14 +11,9 @@ edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [lib]
-name = "velopack"
+name = "velopack_python"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
-
 [dependencies]
-velopack = { path = "../lib-rust" }
-pyo3 = { version = "0.25.0", features = ["extension-module", "macros"] }
-serde = { workspace = true }
-serde_json = { workspace = true }
-semver = { workspace = true }
-
+velopack.workspace = true
+pyo3.workspace = true