diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index b417514..26cf366 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
     "hono": "https://deno.land/x/hono@v3.10.1/mod.ts",
     "hono/middleware": "https://deno.land/x/hono@v3.10.1/middleware.ts",
     "kysely": "npm:kysely@^0.26.3",
-    "kysely_deno_postgres": "https://deno.land/x/kysely_deno_postgres@v0.4.0/mod.ts"
+    "kysely_deno_postgres": "https://deno.land/x/kysely_deno_postgres@v0.4.0/mod.ts",
+    "zod": "npm:zod@^3.23.4"
   },
   "lint": {
     "include": ["src/", "scripts/"],
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 4723a54..dfcd2f7 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import url from 'node:url';
+import { z } from 'zod';
 
-import { dotenv, getPublicKey, nip19, z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { dotenv, getPublicKey, nip19 } from '@/deps.ts';
 
 /** Load environment config from `.env` */
 await dotenv.load({
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
index 472c9e5..466725d 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/accounts.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { NostrFilter } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
 import { type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-import { nip19, z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { nip19 } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { getAuthor, getFollowedPubkeys } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { booleanParamSchema, fileSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
 import { jsonMetaContentSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/admin.ts b/src/controllers/api/admin.ts
index c3a5c3d..990c0fc 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/admin.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/admin.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
 import { type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-import { z } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { booleanParamSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
 import { eventsDB } from '@/storages.ts';
 import { renderAdminAccount } from '@/views/mastodon/admin-accounts.ts';
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/media.ts b/src/controllers/api/media.ts
index 3a77175..dd36a53 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/media.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/media.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
 import { AppController } from '@/app.ts';
-import { z } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { fileSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
 import { parseBody } from '@/utils/api.ts';
 import { renderAttachment } from '@/views/mastodon/attachments.ts';
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/oauth.ts b/src/controllers/api/oauth.ts
index 267abb7..7ada2a4 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/oauth.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/oauth.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { lodash, nip19, z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+import { lodash, nip19 } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { nostrNow } from '@/utils.ts';
 import { parseBody } from '@/utils/api.ts';
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/pleroma.ts b/src/controllers/api/pleroma.ts
index 9425878..64984d7 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/pleroma.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/pleroma.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
 import { type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-import { z } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { configSchema, elixirTupleSchema, type PleromaConfig } from '@/schemas/pleroma-api.ts';
 import { AdminSigner } from '@/signers/AdminSigner.ts';
 import { eventsDB } from '@/storages.ts';
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/search.ts b/src/controllers/api/search.ts
index 628bb3a..1e1e509 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/search.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/search.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { NostrEvent, NostrFilter } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
 import { AppController } from '@/app.ts';
-import { nip19, z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { nip19 } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { booleanParamSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
 import { nostrIdSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { searchStore } from '@/storages.ts';
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts b/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
index b063abd..ff7724f 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/statuses.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { NIP05, NostrEvent, NostrFilter } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
 import { type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 import { getUnattachedMediaByIds } from '@/db/unattached-media.ts';
-import { ISO6391, nip19, z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { ISO6391, nip19 } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { getAncestors, getAuthor, getDescendants, getEvent } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { jsonMetaContentSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 import { addTag, deleteTag } from '@/tags.ts';
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/streaming.ts b/src/controllers/api/streaming.ts
index 4ad878e..fcfc5d3 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/streaming.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/streaming.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { NostrFilter } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
 import { type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-import { Debug, z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Debug } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { getFeedPubkeys } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { Sub } from '@/subs.ts';
 import { bech32ToPubkey } from '@/utils.ts';
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts b/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts
index ebf1912..18bb25e 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/timelines.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { NostrFilter } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
 import { type AppContext, type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-import { z } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { getFeedPubkeys } from '@/queries.ts';
 import { booleanParamSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
 import { eventsDB } from '@/storages.ts';
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/trends.ts b/src/controllers/api/trends.ts
index 7970300..cd4d0f2 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/trends.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/trends.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
 import { type AppController } from '@/app.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-import { z } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { Time } from '@/utils.ts';
 import { stripTime } from '@/utils/time.ts';
 import { TrendsWorker } from '@/workers/trends.ts';
diff --git a/src/controllers/well-known/nostr.ts b/src/controllers/well-known/nostr.ts
index 7c812c7..f1ebb6b 100644
--- a/src/controllers/well-known/nostr.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/well-known/nostr.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
 import { AppController } from '@/app.ts';
-import { z } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { localNip05Lookup } from '@/utils/nip05.ts';
 
 const nameSchema = z.string().min(1).regex(/^\w+$/);
diff --git a/src/controllers/well-known/webfinger.ts b/src/controllers/well-known/webfinger.ts
index 1b353ee..9a24576 100644
--- a/src/controllers/well-known/webfinger.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/well-known/webfinger.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-import { nip19, z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { nip19 } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { localNip05Lookup } from '@/utils/nip05.ts';
 
 import type { AppContext, AppController } from '@/app.ts';
diff --git a/src/deps.ts b/src/deps.ts
index f8ba0a8..3beda47 100644
--- a/src/deps.ts
+++ b/src/deps.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import 'https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/deno-safe-fetch/-/raw/v1.0.0/load.ts';
-export { z } from 'https://deno.land/x/zod@v3.21.4/mod.ts';
 export { RelayPoolWorker } from 'npm:nostr-relaypool2@0.6.34';
 export {
   type EventTemplate,
diff --git a/src/filter.ts b/src/filter.ts
index 7dc7523..9e99c4a 100644
--- a/src/filter.ts
+++ b/src/filter.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { NostrEvent, NostrFilter } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
-import { stringifyStable, z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+import { stringifyStable } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { isReplaceableKind } from '@/kinds.ts';
 import { nostrIdSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 
diff --git a/src/schema.ts b/src/schema.ts
index 8868cca..74dc7af 100644
--- a/src/schema.ts
+++ b/src/schema.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { z } from 'zod';
 
 /** Validates individual items in an array, dropping any that aren't valid. */
 function filteredArray<T extends z.ZodTypeAny>(schema: T) {
diff --git a/src/schemas/activitypub.ts b/src/schemas/activitypub.ts
index 04fac39..f14c994 100644
--- a/src/schemas/activitypub.ts
+++ b/src/schemas/activitypub.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { z } from 'zod';
 
 const apId = z.string().url();
 const recipients = z.array(z.string()).catch([]);
diff --git a/src/schemas/nostr.ts b/src/schemas/nostr.ts
index 708ba96..0497093 100644
--- a/src/schemas/nostr.ts
+++ b/src/schemas/nostr.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { getEventHash, verifyEvent, z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+import { getEventHash, verifyEvent } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { jsonSchema, safeUrlSchema } from '@/schema.ts';
 
 /** Schema to validate Nostr hex IDs such as event IDs and pubkeys. */
diff --git a/src/schemas/pleroma-api.ts b/src/schemas/pleroma-api.ts
index 7ccd87d..1de171d 100644
--- a/src/schemas/pleroma-api.ts
+++ b/src/schemas/pleroma-api.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { z } from 'zod';
 
 type ElixirValue =
   | string
diff --git a/src/schemas/webfinger.ts b/src/schemas/webfinger.ts
index 2372cf8..8c9cf57 100644
--- a/src/schemas/webfinger.ts
+++ b/src/schemas/webfinger.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { z } from 'zod';
 
 const linkSchema = z.object({
   rel: z.string().optional(),
diff --git a/src/uploaders/ipfs.ts b/src/uploaders/ipfs.ts
index 7623cd4..5d82e2d 100644
--- a/src/uploaders/ipfs.ts
+++ b/src/uploaders/ipfs.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-import { z } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { fetchWorker } from '@/workers/fetch.ts';
 
 import type { Uploader } from './types.ts';
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 13e5bfc..747ea43 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
-import { type EventTemplate, getEventHash, nip19, z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+import { type EventTemplate, getEventHash, nip19 } from '@/deps.ts';
 import { nostrIdSchema } from '@/schemas/nostr.ts';
 
 /** Get the current time in Nostr format. */
diff --git a/src/utils/api.ts b/src/utils/api.ts
index 8e57c1d..79b383d 100644
--- a/src/utils/api.ts
+++ b/src/utils/api.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { NostrEvent, NostrFilter } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
 import { type Context, HTTPException } from 'hono';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
 import { type AppContext } from '@/app.ts';
 import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
-import { Debug, EventTemplate, parseFormData, type TypeFest, z } from '@/deps.ts';
+import { Debug, EventTemplate, parseFormData, type TypeFest } from '@/deps.ts';
 import * as pipeline from '@/pipeline.ts';
 import { AdminSigner } from '@/signers/AdminSigner.ts';
 import { APISigner } from '@/signers/APISigner.ts';