diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ab66b3b568c6..38ad2961bf54 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6762,6 +6762,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reth-network-peers",
  "reth-primitives",
  "reth-provider",
+ "reth-storage-api",
  "reth-tasks",
  "reth-testing-utils",
  "reth-tracing",
diff --git a/crates/net/downloaders/Cargo.toml b/crates/net/downloaders/Cargo.toml
index 15ede0335d3a..4f009b44527a 100644
--- a/crates/net/downloaders/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/net/downloaders/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 # reth
-reth-primitives.workspace = true
-reth-network-p2p.workspace = true
-reth-tasks.workspace = true
-reth-provider.workspace = true
 reth-config.workspace = true
 reth-consensus.workspace = true
+reth-network-p2p.workspace = true
 reth-network-peers.workspace = true
+reth-primitives.workspace = true
+reth-storage-api.workspace = true
+reth-tasks.workspace = true
 
 # optional deps for the test-utils feature
 reth-db = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/bodies.rs b/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/bodies.rs
index 27a576e2f702..9d651eee13a2 100644
--- a/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/bodies.rs
+++ b/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/bodies.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use reth_network_p2p::{
     error::{DownloadError, DownloadResult},
 };
 use reth_primitives::{BlockNumber, SealedHeader};
-use reth_provider::HeaderProvider;
+use reth_storage_api::HeaderProvider;
 use reth_tasks::{TaskSpawner, TokioTaskExecutor};
 use std::{
     cmp::Ordering,
diff --git a/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/task.rs b/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/task.rs
index 42b21d5f1699..aa5bc27527e2 100644
--- a/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/task.rs
+++ b/crates/net/downloaders/src/bodies/task.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ impl TaskDownloader {
     /// use reth_consensus::Consensus;
     /// use reth_downloaders::bodies::{bodies::BodiesDownloaderBuilder, task::TaskDownloader};
     /// use reth_network_p2p::bodies::client::BodiesClient;
-    /// use reth_provider::HeaderProvider;
+    /// use reth_storage_api::HeaderProvider;
     /// use std::sync::Arc;
     ///
     /// fn t<B: BodiesClient + 'static, Provider: HeaderProvider + Unpin + 'static>(