diff --git a/depinject/go.mod b/depinject/go.mod
index fd825cf493ce..ca9796277fe7 100644
--- a/depinject/go.mod
+++ b/depinject/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module cosmossdk.io/depinject
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	cosmossdk.io/api v0.7.5
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.5
 	github.com/cosmos/gogoproto v1.7.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
diff --git a/depinject/go.sum b/depinject/go.sum
index 4942183927c5..928b8a12bd23 100644
--- a/depinject/go.sum
+++ b/depinject/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-cosmossdk.io/api v0.7.5 h1:eMPTReoNmGUm8DeiQL9DyM8sYDjEhWzL1+nLbI9DqtQ=
-cosmossdk.io/api v0.7.5/go.mod h1:IcxpYS5fMemZGqyYtErK7OqvdM0C8kdW3dq8Q/XIG38=
 github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.5 h1:eNcayDLpip+zVLRLYafhzLvQlSmyab+RC5W7ZfmxJLA=
 github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.5/go.mod h1:hQGLpiIUloJBMdQMMWb/4wRApmI9hjHH05nefC0Ojec=
 github.com/cosmos/gogoproto v1.7.0 h1:79USr0oyXAbxg3rspGh/m4SWNyoz/GLaAh0QlCe2fro=
diff --git a/depinject/internal/appconfig/buf.gen.pulsar.yaml b/depinject/internal/appconfig/buf.gen.pulsar.yaml
index 43acd4bf04b1..fbc7775f4871 100644
--- a/depinject/internal/appconfig/buf.gen.pulsar.yaml
+++ b/depinject/internal/appconfig/buf.gen.pulsar.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ version: v1
 managed:
   enabled: true
   go_package_prefix:
-    default: cosmossdk.io/api
+    default: cosmossdk.io/depinject
 plugins:
   - name: go-pulsar
     out: .
-    opt: paths=source_relative
+    opt: paths=source_relative,Mcosmos/app/v1alpha1/module.proto=cosmossdk.io/depinject/appconfig/v1alpha1
diff --git a/depinject/internal/appconfig/testpb/test.pulsar.go b/depinject/internal/appconfig/testpb/test.pulsar.go
index d9eedd30f9a1..720a0e5ef580 100644
--- a/depinject/internal/appconfig/testpb/test.pulsar.go
+++ b/depinject/internal/appconfig/testpb/test.pulsar.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 package testpb
 
 import (
-	_ "cosmossdk.io/api/cosmos/app/v1alpha1"
+	_ "cosmossdk.io/depinject/appconfig/v1alpha1"
 	fmt "fmt"
 	runtime "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto/runtime"
 	protoreflect "google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect"
@@ -2344,14 +2344,14 @@ var file_testpb_test_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
 	0x4d, 0x6f, 0x64, 0x75, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x4f, 0x70, 0x74, 0x69, 0x6f, 0x6e, 0x4d, 0x6f, 0x64, 0x75,
 	0x6c, 0x65, 0x22, 0x1e, 0x0a, 0x14, 0x54, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x4e, 0x6f, 0x47, 0x6f, 0x49, 0x6d,
 	0x70, 0x6f, 0x72, 0x74, 0x4d, 0x6f, 0x64, 0x75, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x3a, 0x06, 0xba, 0xc0, 0x96, 0xda,
-	0x01, 0x00, 0x42, 0x68, 0x0a, 0x0a, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x2e, 0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x70, 0x62,
-	0x42, 0x09, 0x54, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x50, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x50, 0x01, 0x5a, 0x17, 0x63,
-	0x6f, 0x73, 0x6d, 0x6f, 0x73, 0x73, 0x64, 0x6b, 0x2e, 0x69, 0x6f, 0x2f, 0x61, 0x70, 0x69, 0x2f,
-	0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x70, 0x62, 0xa2, 0x02, 0x03, 0x54, 0x58, 0x58, 0xaa, 0x02, 0x06, 0x54,
-	0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x70, 0x62, 0xca, 0x02, 0x06, 0x54, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x70, 0x62, 0xe2, 0x02,
-	0x12, 0x54, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x70, 0x62, 0x5c, 0x47, 0x50, 0x42, 0x4d, 0x65, 0x74, 0x61, 0x64,
-	0x61, 0x74, 0x61, 0xea, 0x02, 0x06, 0x54, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x70, 0x62, 0x62, 0x06, 0x70, 0x72,
-	0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x33,
+	0x01, 0x00, 0x42, 0x6e, 0x0a, 0x0a, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x2e, 0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x70, 0x62,
+	0x42, 0x09, 0x54, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x50, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x50, 0x01, 0x5a, 0x1d, 0x63,
+	0x6f, 0x73, 0x6d, 0x6f, 0x73, 0x73, 0x64, 0x6b, 0x2e, 0x69, 0x6f, 0x2f, 0x64, 0x65, 0x70, 0x69,
+	0x6e, 0x6a, 0x65, 0x63, 0x74, 0x2f, 0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x70, 0x62, 0xa2, 0x02, 0x03, 0x54,
+	0x58, 0x58, 0xaa, 0x02, 0x06, 0x54, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x70, 0x62, 0xca, 0x02, 0x06, 0x54, 0x65,
+	0x73, 0x74, 0x70, 0x62, 0xe2, 0x02, 0x12, 0x54, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x70, 0x62, 0x5c, 0x47, 0x50,
+	0x42, 0x4d, 0x65, 0x74, 0x61, 0x64, 0x61, 0x74, 0x61, 0xea, 0x02, 0x06, 0x54, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74,
+	0x70, 0x62, 0x62, 0x06, 0x70, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x33,
 }
 
 var (
diff --git a/depinject/internal/appconfiggogo/buf.gen.gogo.yaml b/depinject/internal/appconfiggogo/buf.gen.gogo.yaml
index ade5a0f82d18..a65eb7fa539c 100644
--- a/depinject/internal/appconfiggogo/buf.gen.gogo.yaml
+++ b/depinject/internal/appconfiggogo/buf.gen.gogo.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ version: v1
 plugins:
   - name: gocosmos
     out: .
-    opt: paths=source_relative,Mcosmos/app/v1alpha1/module.proto=cosmossdk.io/api/cosmos/app/v1alpha1
+    opt: paths=source_relative,Mcosmos/app/v1alpha1/module.proto=cosmossdk.io/depinject/appconfig/v1alpha1
diff --git a/depinject/internal/appconfiggogo/testpb/test.pb.go b/depinject/internal/appconfiggogo/testpb/test.pb.go
index d6ba4457077b..64cb974281db 100644
--- a/depinject/internal/appconfiggogo/testpb/test.pb.go
+++ b/depinject/internal/appconfiggogo/testpb/test.pb.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 package testpb
 
 import (
-	_ "cosmossdk.io/api/cosmos/app/v1alpha1"
+	_ "cosmossdk.io/depinject/appconfig/v1alpha1"
 	fmt "fmt"
 	proto "github.com/cosmos/gogoproto/proto"
 	io "io"