diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index f444648..0f81b8a 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # @actions/artifact Releases
 
+## 6.3.1
+
+- Declare `@protobuf-ts/runtime-rpc` as a production dependency so the package can be imported in clean consumers without the protobuf code-generation tooling.
+
 ## 6.3.0
 
 - Honor positive integer `Retry-After` seconds on HTTP 429 responses, including when the response body is not valid JSON. Unsupported or missing values use exponential backoff ([#2534](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/pull/2534)).
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index eb3f82d..6ae59d6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@actions/artifact",
-  "version": "6.3.0",
+  "version": "6.3.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@actions/artifact",
-      "version": "6.3.0",
+      "version": "6.3.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "^3.0.1",
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
         "@octokit/request": "^10.0.8",
         "@octokit/request-error": "^7.1.0",
         "@protobuf-ts/runtime": "^2.11.1",
+        "@protobuf-ts/runtime-rpc": "^2.11.1",
         "archiver": "^7.0.1",
         "jwt-decode": "^4.0.0",
         "unzip-stream": "^0.3.1"
@@ -681,7 +682,6 @@
       "version": "2.11.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@protobuf-ts/runtime-rpc/-/runtime-rpc-2.11.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-4CqqUmNA+/uMz00+d3CYKgElXO9VrEbucjnBFEjqI4GuDrEQ32MaI3q+9qPBvIGOlL4PmHXrzM32vBPWRhQKWQ==",
-      "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@protobuf-ts/runtime": "^2.11.1"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4d99ef8..2f0179b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@actions/artifact",
-  "version": "6.3.0",
+  "version": "6.3.1",
   "preview": true,
   "description": "Actions artifact lib",
   "keywords": [
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     "@octokit/request": "^10.0.8",
     "@octokit/request-error": "^7.1.0",
     "@protobuf-ts/runtime": "^2.11.1",
+    "@protobuf-ts/runtime-rpc": "^2.11.1",
     "archiver": "^7.0.1",
     "jwt-decode": "^4.0.0",
     "unzip-stream": "^0.3.1"