diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/Cargo.toml b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/Cargo.toml
index 8947d325b217..da1b8cda3282 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ thiserror.workspace = true
 itertools = "0.10"
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json.workspace = true
-jsonrpsee-types.workspace = true
+jsonrpsee-types = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+
+[features]
+default = ["jsonrpsee-types"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 # misc
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/block.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/block.rs
index a246baf20a7d..5b07b300878f 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/block.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/block.rs
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ pub struct BlockOverrides {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use jsonrpsee_types::SubscriptionResponse;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_full_conversion() {
@@ -391,7 +390,9 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn serde_header() {
+    #[cfg(feature = "jsonrpsee-types")]
+    fn serde_json_header() {
+        use jsonrpsee_types::SubscriptionResponse;
         let resp = r#"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_subscribe","params":{"subscription":"0x7eef37ff35d471f8825b1c8f67a5d3c0","result":{"hash":"0x7a7ada12e140961a32395059597764416499f4178daf1917193fad7bd2cc6386","parentHash":"0xdedbd831f496e705e7f2ec3c8dcb79051040a360bf1455dbd7eb8ea6ad03b751","sha3Uncles":"0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347","miner":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000","stateRoot":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","transactionsRoot":"0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421","receiptsRoot":"0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421","number":"0x8","gasUsed":"0x0","gasLimit":"0x1c9c380","extraData":"0x","logsBloom":"0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","timestamp":"0x642aa48f","difficulty":"0x0","mixHash":"0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000","nonce":"0x0000000000000000"}}}"#;
         let _header: SubscriptionResponse<'_, Header> = serde_json::from_str(resp).unwrap();
 
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/engine/forkchoice.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/engine/forkchoice.rs
index ea215df5c167..f1c2ca4a79c7 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/engine/forkchoice.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/engine/forkchoice.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ pub enum ForkchoiceUpdateError {
     UnknownFinalBlock,
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "jsonrpsee-types")]
 impl From<ForkchoiceUpdateError> for jsonrpsee_types::error::ErrorObject<'static> {
     fn from(value: ForkchoiceUpdateError) -> Self {
         match value {
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/filter.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/filter.rs
index 29ca1f4124d7..bfe92fbe0703 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/filter.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/filter.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use crate::Log as RpcLog;
 use itertools::{EitherOrBoth::*, Itertools};
-use jsonrpsee_types::SubscriptionId;
 use reth_primitives::{
     bloom::{Bloom, Input},
     keccak256, Address, BlockNumberOrTag, Log, H160, H256, U256, U64,
@@ -874,7 +873,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for FilterChanges {
     }
 }
 
-/// Owned equivalent of [SubscriptionId]
+/// Owned equivalent of a `SubscriptionId`
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Hash, Eq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 #[serde(untagged)]
@@ -885,20 +884,22 @@ pub enum FilterId {
     Str(String),
 }
 
-impl From<FilterId> for SubscriptionId<'_> {
+#[cfg(feature = "jsonrpsee-types")]
+impl From<FilterId> for jsonrpsee_types::SubscriptionId<'_> {
     fn from(value: FilterId) -> Self {
         match value {
-            FilterId::Num(n) => SubscriptionId::Num(n),
-            FilterId::Str(s) => SubscriptionId::Str(s.into()),
+            FilterId::Num(n) => jsonrpsee_types::SubscriptionId::Num(n),
+            FilterId::Str(s) => jsonrpsee_types::SubscriptionId::Str(s.into()),
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl From<SubscriptionId<'_>> for FilterId {
-    fn from(value: SubscriptionId<'_>) -> Self {
+#[cfg(feature = "jsonrpsee-types")]
+impl From<jsonrpsee_types::SubscriptionId<'_>> for FilterId {
+    fn from(value: jsonrpsee_types::SubscriptionId<'_>) -> Self {
         match value {
-            SubscriptionId::Num(n) => FilterId::Num(n),
-            SubscriptionId::Str(s) => FilterId::Str(s.into_owned()),
+            jsonrpsee_types::SubscriptionId::Num(n) => FilterId::Num(n),
+            jsonrpsee_types::SubscriptionId::Str(s) => FilterId::Str(s.into_owned()),
         }
     }
 }