diff --git a/crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml b/crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
index 16a813c0..f929646d 100644
--- a/crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rmcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ futures = "0.3"
 tracing = { version = "0.1" }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7" }
 pin-project-lite = "0.2"
-paste = { version = "1", optional = true }
-
+pastey = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
 # oauth2 support
 oauth2 = { version = "5.0", optional = true }
 
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.38", default-features = false, features = [
 default = ["base64", "macros", "server"]
 client = ["dep:tokio-stream"]
 server = ["transport-async-rw", "dep:schemars"]
-macros = ["dep:rmcp-macros", "dep:paste"]
+macros = ["dep:rmcp-macros", "dep:pastey"]
 elicitation = []
 
 # reqwest http client
diff --git a/crates/rmcp/src/lib.rs b/crates/rmcp/src/lib.rs
index 3476390a..9f81eabe 100644
--- a/crates/rmcp/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/rmcp/src/lib.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ pub mod transport;
 // re-export
 #[cfg(all(feature = "macros", feature = "server"))]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(all(feature = "macros", feature = "server"))))]
-pub use paste::paste;
+pub use pastey::paste;
 #[cfg(all(feature = "macros", feature = "server"))]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(all(feature = "macros", feature = "server"))))]
 pub use rmcp_macros::*;
diff --git a/crates/rmcp/src/model/capabilities.rs b/crates/rmcp/src/model/capabilities.rs
index 7399141f..cbe1a6ea 100644
--- a/crates/rmcp/src/model/capabilities.rs
+++ b/crates/rmcp/src/model/capabilities.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::{collections::BTreeMap, marker::PhantomData};
 
-use paste::paste;
+use pastey::paste;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use super::JsonObject;