diff --git a/instrumentation/racecar/opentelemetry-instrumentation-racecar.gemspec b/instrumentation/racecar/opentelemetry-instrumentation-racecar.gemspec
index ffe9e3db95..d160845b7b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/racecar/opentelemetry-instrumentation-racecar.gemspec
+++ b/instrumentation/racecar/opentelemetry-instrumentation-racecar.gemspec
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-api', '~> 1.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-base', '~> 0.21.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-rdkafka', '~> 0.2.0'
-  spec.add_dependency 'racecar', '~> 2.0'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'appraisal', '~> 2.2.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '>= 1.17'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'minitest', '~> 5.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'opentelemetry-sdk', '~> 1.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'opentelemetry-test-helpers'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'racecar', '~> 2.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 12.3.3'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rspec-mocks'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 0.73.0'