diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b08a228..e69de29 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "boringtun"]
-	path = boringtun
-	url = ../boringtun.git
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2410bec..d433e56 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -164,30 +164,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "boringtun"
-version = "0.6.0"
-dependencies = [
- "aead",
- "base64",
- "blake2",
- "chacha20poly1305",
- "hex",
- "hmac",
- "ip_network",
- "ip_network_table",
- "libc",
- "nix",
- "parking_lot",
- "ring",
- "socket2",
- "thiserror 2.0.17",
- "tracing",
- "uniffi",
- "untrusted",
- "x25519-dalek",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -380,12 +356,38 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "defguard_boringtun"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "491589622056dd3c47b7aa3bc4727633ebf5d38462486209b7f04bef6c50075f"
+dependencies = [
+ "aead",
+ "base64",
+ "blake2",
+ "chacha20poly1305",
+ "hex",
+ "hmac",
+ "ip_network",
+ "ip_network_table",
+ "libc",
+ "nix",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "ring",
+ "socket2",
+ "thiserror 2.0.17",
+ "tracing",
+ "uniffi",
+ "untrusted",
+ "x25519-dalek",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "defguard_wireguard_rs"
 version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
- "boringtun",
+ "defguard_boringtun",
  "env_logger",
  "ipnet",
  "libc",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e269e01..b099ac0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
-boringtun = { path = "boringtun/boringtun", default-features = false, features = [
+defguard_boringtun = { version = "0.6.0", default-features = false, features = [
     "device",
-] }
+]}
 libc = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
 nix = { version = "0.30", features = ["ioctl", "socket"] }
 
diff --git a/boringtun b/boringtun
deleted file mode 160000
index fd82bf9..0000000
--- a/boringtun
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit fd82bf92f1a3901cd307923670ded2a244b564bc
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 7442023..18cc5ba 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ pub enum WireguardInterfaceError {
     WindowsError(#[from] WindowsError),
     #[cfg(unix)]
     #[error("BoringTun {0}")]
-    BoringTun(#[from] boringtun::device::Error),
+    BoringTun(#[from] defguard_boringtun::device::Error),
 }
diff --git a/src/wgapi.rs b/src/wgapi.rs
index 561b1f6..af14116 100644
--- a/src/wgapi.rs
+++ b/src/wgapi.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
-use boringtun::device::DeviceHandle;
+use defguard_boringtun::device::DeviceHandle;
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 use wireguard_nt::Adapter;
 
diff --git a/src/wgapi_userspace.rs b/src/wgapi_userspace.rs
index 18b83b7..9aedba9 100644
--- a/src/wgapi_userspace.rs
+++ b/src/wgapi_userspace.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::{
     time::Duration,
 };
 
-use boringtun::device::{DeviceConfig, DeviceHandle};
+use defguard_boringtun::device::{DeviceConfig, DeviceHandle};
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 use crate::netlink;