diff --git a/ruma/Cargo.toml b/ruma/Cargo.toml
index 54f49f16..cc51fada 100644
--- a/ruma/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ruma/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ruma-identifiers = "0.16.2"
 ruma-events = { version = "0.21.3", optional = true }
 ruma-signatures = { version = "0.6.0-dev.1", path = "../ruma-signatures", optional = true }
 
-ruma-api = { version = "0.16.1", optional = true }
+ruma-api = { version = "0.16.1", path = "../ruma-api", optional = true }
 ruma-appservice-api = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../ruma-appservice-api", optional = true }
 ruma-client-api = { version = "0.9.0", path = "../ruma-client-api", optional = true }
 ruma-federation-api = { version = "0.0.2", optional = true }