diff --git a/lib/federation/graphql-federation.factory.ts b/lib/federation/graphql-federation.factory.ts
index 21aa623f2..ca8ee4221 100644
--- a/lib/federation/graphql-federation.factory.ts
+++ b/lib/federation/graphql-federation.factory.ts
@@ -73,13 +73,12 @@ export class GraphQLFederationFactory {
   }
 
   private buildSchemaFromTypeDefs(options: GqlModuleOptions) {
-    const { buildFederatedSchema } = loadPackage(
-      '@apollo/federation',
-      'ApolloFederation',
-      () => require('@apollo/federation'),
-    );
+    const { buildSubgraphSchema }: typeof import('@apollo/subgraph') =
+      loadPackage('@apollo/subgraph', 'ApolloFederation', () =>
+        require('@apollo/subgraph'),
+      );
 
-    return buildFederatedSchema([
+    return buildSubgraphSchema([
       {
         typeDefs: gql`
           ${options.typeDefs}
@@ -92,12 +91,10 @@ export class GraphQLFederationFactory {
   private async generateSchema(
     options: GqlModuleOptions,
   ): Promise<GraphQLSchema> {
-    const { buildFederatedSchema } = loadPackage(
-      '@apollo/federation',
-      'ApolloFederation',
-      () => require('@apollo/federation'),
-    );
-    const { printSubgraphSchema } = loadPackage(
+    const {
+      buildSubgraphSchema,
+      printSubgraphSchema,
+    }: typeof import('@apollo/subgraph') = loadPackage(
       '@apollo/subgraph',
       'ApolloFederation',
       () => require('@apollo/subgraph'),
@@ -109,7 +106,7 @@ export class GraphQLFederationFactory {
         options,
         this.resolversExplorerService.getAllCtors(),
       );
-    let executableSchema: GraphQLSchema = buildFederatedSchema({
+    let executableSchema: GraphQLSchema = buildSubgraphSchema({
       typeDefs: gql(printSubgraphSchema(autoGeneratedSchema)),
       resolvers: this.getResolvers(options.resolvers),
     });
diff --git a/lib/federation/graphql-federation.module.ts b/lib/federation/graphql-federation.module.ts
index fb787d13e..668d7da78 100644
--- a/lib/federation/graphql-federation.module.ts
+++ b/lib/federation/graphql-federation.module.ts
@@ -142,11 +142,10 @@ export class GraphQLFederationModule implements OnModuleInit, OnModuleDestroy {
     if (!this.httpAdapterHost || !this.httpAdapterHost.httpAdapter) {
       return;
     }
-    const { printSubgraphSchema } = loadPackage(
-      '@apollo/subgraph',
-      'ApolloFederation',
-      () => require('@apollo/subgraph'),
-    );
+    const { printSubgraphSchema }: typeof import('@apollo/subgraph') =
+      loadPackage('@apollo/subgraph', 'ApolloFederation', () =>
+        require('@apollo/subgraph'),
+      );
 
     const { typePaths } = this.options;
     const typeDefs =
diff --git a/lib/graphql-definitions.factory.ts b/lib/graphql-definitions.factory.ts
index 70eac197f..dc8385fe9 100644
--- a/lib/graphql-definitions.factory.ts
+++ b/lib/graphql-definitions.factory.ts
@@ -116,19 +116,16 @@ export class GraphQLDefinitionsFactory {
     const typePathDefs = await this.gqlTypesLoader.mergeTypesByPaths(typePaths);
     const mergedTypeDefs = extend(typePathDefs, typeDefs);
 
-    const { buildFederatedSchema } = loadPackage(
-      '@apollo/federation',
-      'ApolloFederation',
-      () => require('@apollo/federation'),
-    );
-
-    const { printSubgraphSchema } = loadPackage(
+    const {
+      buildSubgraphSchema,
+      printSubgraphSchema,
+    }: typeof import('@apollo/subgraph') = loadPackage(
       '@apollo/subgraph',
       'ApolloFederation',
       () => require('@apollo/subgraph'),
     );
 
-    const schema = buildFederatedSchema([
+    const schema = buildSubgraphSchema([
       {
         typeDefs: gql`
           ${mergedTypeDefs}
diff --git a/lib/graphql-schema.builder.ts b/lib/graphql-schema.builder.ts
index b0b6d6d38..422c782ec 100644
--- a/lib/graphql-schema.builder.ts
+++ b/lib/graphql-schema.builder.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@ export class GraphQLSchemaBuilder {
   }
 
   private loadFederationDirectives() {
-    const { federationDirectives } = loadPackage(
+    const {
+      federationDirectives,
+    }: typeof import('@apollo/subgraph/dist/directives') = loadPackage(
       '@apollo/subgraph/dist/directives',
       'SchemaBuilder',
       () => require('@apollo/subgraph/dist/directives'),
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9cd9f22e3..d5bfa0db8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     "release": "release-it"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@apollo/federation": "0.33.3",
     "@apollo/gateway": "0.42.3",
     "@apollo/subgraph": "0.1.2",
     "@commitlint/cli": "13.2.1",
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@
     "ws": "8.2.3"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@apollo/federation": "^0.26.0 || ^0.27.0 || ^0.29.0 || ^0.33.0",
     "@apollo/gateway": "^0.29.0 || ^0.32.0 || ^0.33.0 || ^0.35.0 || ^0.38.0 || ^0.42.0",
     "@apollo/subgraph": "^0.1.2",
     "@nestjs/common": "^8.0.0",
@@ -94,9 +92,6 @@
     "ts-morph": "^11.0.3 || ^12.0.0"
   },
   "peerDependenciesMeta": {
-    "@apollo/federation": {
-      "optional": true
-    },
     "@apollo/gateway": {
       "optional": true
     },