diff --git a/themes/vantablack/neovim.lua b/themes/vantablack/neovim.lua
index a7f43c6e..60043e1f 100644
--- a/themes/vantablack/neovim.lua
+++ b/themes/vantablack/neovim.lua
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 return {
-  -- required for the vantablack nvim theme
-  {
-    "bjarneo/aether.nvim",
-    branch = "v2",
-  },
   {
     "bjarneo/vantablack.nvim",
     priority = 1000,
+    dependencies = {
+      "bjarneo/aether.nvim",
+      branch = "v2"
+    },
   },
   {
     "LazyVim/LazyVim",