diff --git a/server/src/app.js b/server/src/app.js
index 556b306fd..dfc7d4542 100644
--- a/server/src/app.js
+++ b/server/src/app.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import swaggerUi from "swagger-ui-express";
 import { handleErrors } from "./middleware/handleErrors.js";
 import { setupRoutes } from "./config/routes.js";
 import { generalApiLimiter } from "./middleware/rateLimiter.js";
-import { sanitizeBody, sanitizeQuery } from "./utils/sanitization.js";
+import { sanitizeBody, sanitizeQuery } from "./middleware/sanitization.js";
 
 export const createApp = ({ services, controllers, envSettings, frontendPath, openApiSpec }) => {
 	const allowedOrigin = envSettings.clientHost;
diff --git a/server/src/utils/sanitization.js b/server/src/middleware/sanitization.js
similarity index 100%
rename from server/src/utils/sanitization.js
rename to server/src/middleware/sanitization.js