diff --git a/.changeset/brave-roses-cheat.md b/.changeset/brave-roses-cheat.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4776f23598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/brave-roses-cheat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@trigger.dev/schema-to-json": patch
+---
+
+remove effect from optional peer dependencies since it's now a production dependency
diff --git a/packages/schema-to-json/package.json b/packages/schema-to-json/package.json
index f4c7044e74..9d05584810 100644
--- a/packages/schema-to-json/package.json
+++ b/packages/schema-to-json/package.json
@@ -60,21 +60,15 @@
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "arktype": ">=2.0.0",
-    "effect": ">=3.0.0",
     "runtypes": ">=5.0.0",
     "superstruct": ">=0.14.2",
     "@sinclair/typebox": ">=0.34.30",
-    "valibot": ">=0.41.0",
-    "yup": ">=1.0.0",
-    "zod": "^3.25.76 || ^4"
+    "valibot": ">=0.41.0"
   },
   "peerDependenciesMeta": {
     "arktype": {
       "optional": true
     },
-    "effect": {
-      "optional": true
-    },
     "runtypes": {
       "optional": true
     },
@@ -86,12 +80,6 @@
     },
     "valibot": {
       "optional": true
-    },
-    "yup": {
-      "optional": true
-    },
-    "zod": {
-      "optional": true
     }
   },
   "tshy": {