diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
index 13d34a0..15ab29f 100644
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@@ -32,5 +32,9 @@
     },
     "engines": {
         "node": ">=18"
+    },
+    "optionalDependencies": {
+        "bufferutil": "^4.0.7",
+        "utf-8-validate": "^6.0.3"
     }
 }