diff --git a/dist/document.d.ts b/dist/document.d.ts
index c54a785..e797003 100644
--- a/dist/document.d.ts
+++ b/dist/document.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import type { ZodType } from "zod";
-import type { AnyCultCacheDocumentDefinition, CultCacheDocumentDefinition, CultCacheDocumentRegistry } from "./types";
-export declare function defineDocumentType<TSchema extends ZodType>(definition: CultCacheDocumentDefinition<TSchema>): CultCacheDocumentDefinition<TSchema>;
+import type { AnyCultCacheDocumentDefinition, CultCacheDocumentDefinition, CultCacheDocumentRegistry, CultCacheSchema } from "./types";
+export declare function defineDocumentType<TSchema extends CultCacheSchema>(definition: CultCacheDocumentDefinition<TSchema>): CultCacheDocumentDefinition<TSchema>;
 export declare function defineDocumentRegistry<TDefinitions extends readonly AnyCultCacheDocumentDefinition[]>(...definitions: TDefinitions): CultCacheDocumentRegistry<TDefinitions>;
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diff --git a/dist/document.d.ts.map b/dist/document.d.ts.map
index 0a41029..0d5cff2 100644
--- a/dist/document.d.ts.map
+++ b/dist/document.d.ts.map
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diff --git a/dist/index.d.ts b/dist/index.d.ts
index c41e651..0f10e92 100644
--- a/dist/index.d.ts
+++ b/dist/index.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export { CultCache, CultCacheBuilder } from "./cult-cache";
 export { defineDocumentRegistry, defineDocumentType } from "./document";
 export { SingleFileMessagePackBackingStore } from "./single-file-messagepack-backing-store";
-export type { AnyCultCacheDocumentDefinition, CacheBackingStore, CultCacheDocumentAccessor, CultCacheDocumentDefinition, CultCacheDocumentFieldName, CultCacheDocumentFormatter, CultCacheDocumentIndexDefinition, CultCacheDocumentRegistry, CultCacheDocumentValue, CultCacheEnvelope, CultCacheIndexScalar, CultCacheStoreRegistration, PushAllOptions, } from "./types";
+export type { AnyCultCacheDocumentDefinition, CacheBackingStore, CultCacheDocumentAccessor, CultCacheDocumentDefinition, CultCacheDocumentFieldName, CultCacheDocumentFormatter, CultCacheDocumentIndexDefinition, CultCacheDocumentRegistry, CultCacheSchema, CultCacheDocumentValue, CultCacheEnvelope, CultCacheIndexScalar, InferCultCacheSchemaValue, CultCacheStoreRegistration, PushAllOptions, } from "./types";
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diff --git a/dist/index.d.ts.map b/dist/index.d.ts.map
index 4ede6ca..5015a57 100644
--- a/dist/index.d.ts.map
+++ b/dist/index.d.ts.map
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/dist/types.d.ts b/dist/types.d.ts
index 55c047b..8f485cf 100644
--- a/dist/types.d.ts
+++ b/dist/types.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-import { z, type ZodType } from "zod";
 export type CultCacheIndexScalar = string | number | boolean | bigint;
+export interface CultCacheSchema<TValue = unknown> {
+    parse(input: unknown): TValue;
+}
+export type InferCultCacheSchemaValue<TSchema extends CultCacheSchema> = TSchema extends CultCacheSchema<infer TValue> ? TValue : never;
 export type CultCacheDocumentFieldName<TValue> = TValue extends object ? Extract<keyof TValue, string> : never;
 export type CultCacheDocumentAccessor<TValue> = CultCacheDocumentFieldName<TValue> | ((value: TValue) => CultCacheIndexScalar | null | undefined);
 export interface CultCacheDocumentFormatter<TValue> {
@@ -10,16 +13,16 @@ export interface CultCacheDocumentIndexDefinition<TValue> {
     name: string;
     accessor: CultCacheDocumentAccessor<TValue>;
 }
-export interface CultCacheDocumentDefinition<TSchema extends ZodType = ZodType> {
+export interface CultCacheDocumentDefinition<TSchema extends CultCacheSchema = CultCacheSchema> {
     type: string;
     schema: TSchema;
     schemaName?: string;
     global?: boolean;
-    name?: CultCacheDocumentAccessor<z.infer<TSchema>>;
-    indexes?: Readonly<Record<string, CultCacheDocumentAccessor<z.infer<TSchema>>>> | readonly CultCacheDocumentIndexDefinition<z.infer<TSchema>>[];
-    formatter?: CultCacheDocumentFormatter<z.infer<TSchema>>;
+    name?: CultCacheDocumentAccessor<InferCultCacheSchemaValue<TSchema>>;
+    indexes?: Readonly<Record<string, CultCacheDocumentAccessor<InferCultCacheSchemaValue<TSchema>>>> | readonly CultCacheDocumentIndexDefinition<InferCultCacheSchemaValue<TSchema>>[];
+    formatter?: CultCacheDocumentFormatter<InferCultCacheSchemaValue<TSchema>>;
 }
-export type CultCacheDocumentValue<TDefinition extends CultCacheDocumentDefinition> = z.infer<TDefinition["schema"]>;
+export type CultCacheDocumentValue<TDefinition extends CultCacheDocumentDefinition> = InferCultCacheSchemaValue<TDefinition["schema"]>;
 export type AnyCultCacheDocumentDefinition = CultCacheDocumentDefinition<any>;
 export interface CultCacheDocumentRegistry<TDefinitions extends readonly AnyCultCacheDocumentDefinition[] = readonly AnyCultCacheDocumentDefinition[]> {
     readonly definitions: TDefinitions;
diff --git a/dist/types.d.ts.map b/dist/types.d.ts.map
index 8d94009..2d07804 100644
--- a/dist/types.d.ts.map
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