diff --git a/.ai/project-summary.md b/.ai/project-summary.md
index e4ded1e..4f182bb 100644
--- a/.ai/project-summary.md
+++ b/.ai/project-summary.md
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ Neuron is a lightweight PHP framework by CatLab Interactive. It provides core ut
 ## Build & Dependencies
 - PHP >= 8.1
 - Composer for dependency management
-- Key dependencies: `nesbot/carbon`, `ext-gettext`
+- Key dependencies: `ext-gettext`
 - Dev dependency: `phpunit/phpunit`
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 9a5553c..b849047 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 
     "require" : {
         "php": ">=7.4",
-        "ext-gettext" : "*",
-        "nesbot/carbon": "^2.0||^3.0"
+        "ext-gettext" : "*"
     },
 
     "require-dev": {