diff --git a/kong/llm/proxy/handler.lua b/kong/llm/proxy/handler.lua
index 737b38c1bb4d..40ef85634b78 100644
--- a/kong/llm/proxy/handler.lua
+++ b/kong/llm/proxy/handler.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ local llm_state = require("kong.llm.state")
 local cjson = require("cjson.safe")
 local kong_utils = require("kong.tools.gzip")
 local buffer = require "string.buffer"
-local strip = require("kong.tools.utils").strip
+local strip = require("kong.tools.string").strip
 local cycle_aware_deep_copy = require("kong.tools.table").cycle_aware_deep_copy
 
 
diff --git a/kong/observability/logs.lua b/kong/observability/logs.lua
index 0b7de49fb71f..4aeeb6b6188d 100644
--- a/kong/observability/logs.lua
+++ b/kong/observability/logs.lua
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ end
 local request_id_get = require "kong.observability.tracing.request_id".get
 local time_ns = require "kong.tools.time".time_ns
 local table_merge = require "kong.tools.table".table_merge
-local deep_copy = require "kong.tools.utils".deep_copy
+local deep_copy = require "kong.tools.table".deep_copy
 
 local get_log_level = require "resty.kong.log".get_log_level
 local constants_log_levels = require "kong.constants".LOG_LEVELS