diff --git a/packages/macro/package.json b/packages/macro/package.json
index aae6e8750..f5b5c5e44 100644
--- a/packages/macro/package.json
+++ b/packages/macro/package.json
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.20.13",
     "@babel/types": "^7.20.7",
     "@lingui/conf": "4.4.0",
-    "@lingui/core": "4.4.0",
-    "@lingui/message-utils": "4.4.0"
+    "@lingui/core": "2.0.0",
+    "@lingui/message-utils": "4.0.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@lingui/react": "^4.0.0",