diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8a0cd994..59f8a243 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3276,11 +3276,10 @@
     },
     "src/brave-search": {
       "name": "@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search",
-      "version": "0.5.1",
+      "version": "0.5.2",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "0.5.0",
-        "node-fetch": "^3.3.2"
+        "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "0.5.0"
       },
       "bin": {
         "mcp-server-brave-search": "dist/index.js"
@@ -3301,33 +3300,6 @@
         "undici-types": "~6.19.2"
       }
     },
-    "src/brave-search/node_modules/data-uri-to-buffer": {
-      "version": "4.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/data-uri-to-buffer/-/data-uri-to-buffer-4.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-0R9ikRb668HB7QDxT1vkpuUBtqc53YyAwMwGeUFKRojY/NWKvdZ+9UYtRfGmhqNbRkTSVpMbmyhXipFFv2cb/A==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 12"
-      }
-    },
-    "src/brave-search/node_modules/node-fetch": {
-      "version": "3.3.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-3.3.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dRB78srN/l6gqWulah9SrxeYnxeddIG30+GOqK/9OlLVyLg3HPnr6SqOWTWOXKRwC2eGYCkZ59NNuSgvSrpgOA==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "data-uri-to-buffer": "^4.0.0",
-        "fetch-blob": "^3.1.4",
-        "formdata-polyfill": "^4.0.10"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "^12.20.0 || ^14.13.1 || >=16.0.0"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "type": "opencollective",
-        "url": "https://opencollective.com/node-fetch"
-      }
-    },
     "src/duckduckgo": {
       "name": "@modelcontextprotocol/server-duckduckgo",
       "version": "0.2.0",
diff --git a/src/brave-search/index.ts b/src/brave-search/index.ts
index 596dc9f7..e0f61623 100644
--- a/src/brave-search/index.ts
+++ b/src/brave-search/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
   ListToolsRequestSchema,
   Tool,
 } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js";
-import fetch from "node-fetch";
 
 const WEB_SEARCH_TOOL: Tool = {
   name: "brave_web_search",
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ function checkRateLimit() {
     requestCount.lastReset = now;
   }
   if (requestCount.second >= RATE_LIMIT.perSecond ||
-      requestCount.month >= RATE_LIMIT.perMonth) {
+    requestCount.month >= RATE_LIMIT.perMonth) {
     throw new Error('Rate limit exceeded');
   }
   requestCount.second++;
diff --git a/src/brave-search/package.json b/src/brave-search/package.json
index 98413d4f..3e68d358 100644
--- a/src/brave-search/package.json
+++ b/src/brave-search/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search",
-  "version": "0.5.1",
+  "version": "0.5.2",
   "description": "MCP server for Brave Search API integration",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "Anthropic, PBC (https://anthropic.com)",
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
     "watch": "tsc --watch"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "0.5.0",
-    "node-fetch": "^3.3.2"
+    "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "0.5.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^20.10.0",