diff --git a/modules/dependencies.nix b/modules/dependencies.nix
index 6d4538bd..5d267e92 100644
--- a/modules/dependencies.nix
+++ b/modules/dependencies.nix
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ let
     websocat.default = "websocat";
     which.default = "which";
     yazi.default = "yazi";
+    zk.default = "zk";
   };
 
   mkDependencyOption = name: properties: {
diff --git a/plugins/by-name/zk/default.nix b/plugins/by-name/zk/default.nix
index b8dcb34c..ba42119b 100644
--- a/plugins/by-name/zk/default.nix
+++ b/plugins/by-name/zk/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   helpers,
   config,
-  pkgs,
   ...
 }:
 with lib;
@@ -31,6 +30,13 @@ lib.nixvim.plugins.mkNeovimPlugin {
       "filetypes"
     ]
   ];
+  imports = [
+    # TODO: added 2025-04-07, remove after 25.05
+    (lib.nixvim.mkRemovedPackageOptionModule {
+      plugin = "zk";
+      packageName = "zk";
+    })
+  ];
 
   settingsOptions = {
     picker =
@@ -107,13 +113,8 @@ lib.nixvim.plugins.mkNeovimPlugin {
 
   };
 
-  extraOptions = {
-    zkPackage = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "zk" {
-      nullable = true;
-    };
-  };
   extraConfig = cfg: {
-    extraPackages = [ cfg.zkPackage ];
+    dependencies.zk.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
 
     warnings = lib.nixvim.mkWarnings "plugins.zk" (
       mapAttrsToList