diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b51ba68..0f2ec14 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 module github.com/savannahghi/healthcrm
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.22.1
+
+toolchain go1.23.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/brianvoe/gofakeit v3.18.0+incompatible
 	github.com/jarcoal/httpmock v1.3.1
 	github.com/savannahghi/authutils v0.0.10
+	github.com/savannahghi/enumutils v0.0.6
 	github.com/savannahghi/serverutils v0.0.7
 )
 
@@ -50,7 +53,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/savannahghi/enumutils v0.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/savannahghi/errorcodeutil v0.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/savannahghi/firebasetools v0.0.19 // indirect
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6cca69b..b74da34 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQD
 github.com/ryanuber/columnize v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:sm1tb6uqfes/u+d4ooFouqFdy9/2g9QGwK3SQygK0Ts=
 github.com/savannahghi/authutils v0.0.10 h1:FgrTsqZ+v9OMYVtB32zmfAnnR1iL9FIHNPRTgXLVJcc=
 github.com/savannahghi/authutils v0.0.10/go.mod h1:msRa8zWvgf9r3/eZB+cV6Fol76C0pZ+IUt5YGb53dwc=
-github.com/savannahghi/enumutils v0.0.3 h1:0IPGS/Q27B8mZw+0YOb1r7Au1MgJQldfuwYid3byUx0=
-github.com/savannahghi/enumutils v0.0.3/go.mod h1:DDdjQBO1qyf5BxLzhTs1uN91drCIHH2Lvr8aLdJwu/o=
+github.com/savannahghi/enumutils v0.0.6 h1:jRXk8my+mV+0CEwJASK7PCWIRsHl+OTCroWE/W6UKUk=
+github.com/savannahghi/enumutils v0.0.6/go.mod h1:TVTHCb8JWHIUPiGWl233Ux/+8wy4prEzEmKzBQueh6Q=
 github.com/savannahghi/errorcodeutil v0.0.5 h1:LrOLsEW1ZgA8PhJIXFCVOofm0hJFVOdd0+jvq3PGnRE=
 github.com/savannahghi/errorcodeutil v0.0.5/go.mod h1:l2OVW1VE45rmEOLKQHnGnJ0gsSo60VCyErfm2Vfl4v0=
 github.com/savannahghi/firebasetools v0.0.19 h1:NIsC2NRdk8DhgQ4J7dGd5jeV9fiHoYiBYw7DTVjwskQ=
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90600b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package healthcrm
+
+import "github.com/savannahghi/enumutils"
+
+// ConvertEnumutilsGenderToCRMGender converts an enumutils Gender to a CRM gender type
+func ConvertEnumutilsGenderToCRMGender(gender enumutils.Gender) GenderType {
+	switch gender {
+	case enumutils.GenderMale:
+		return GenderTypeMale
+
+	case enumutils.GenderFemale:
+		return GenderTypeFemale
+
+	case enumutils.GenderAgender, enumutils.GenderBigender, enumutils.GenderGenderQueer,
+		enumutils.GenderNonBinary, enumutils.GenderTransGender, enumutils.GenderTwoSpirit, enumutils.GenderOther:
+		return GenderTypeOther
+
+	case enumutils.GenderPreferNotToSay:
+		return GenderTypeASKU
+
+	case enumutils.GenderUnknown:
+		return GenderTypeUNK
+	default:
+		return GenderTypeUNK
+	}
+}
diff --git a/utils_test.go b/utils_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe1d173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package healthcrm
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/savannahghi/enumutils"
+)
+
+func TestConvertEnumutilsGenderToCRMGender(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		gender enumutils.Gender
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args args
+		want GenderType
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "success: get male gender",
+			args: args{
+				gender: enumutils.Gender("male"),
+			},
+			want: GenderTypeMale,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "success: get female gender",
+			args: args{
+				gender: enumutils.GenderFemale,
+			},
+			want: GenderTypeFemale,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "success: get other gender",
+			args: args{
+				gender: enumutils.GenderBigender,
+			},
+			want: GenderTypeOther,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "success: get ask but not unknown",
+			args: args{
+				gender: enumutils.GenderPreferNotToSay,
+			},
+			want: GenderTypeASKU,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "success: get unknown gender",
+			args: args{
+				gender: enumutils.GenderUnknown,
+			},
+			want: GenderTypeUNK,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "success: get unknown gender",
+			args: args{
+				gender: enumutils.Gender("invalide"),
+			},
+			want: GenderTypeUNK,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := ConvertEnumutilsGenderToCRMGender(tt.args.gender); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("ConvertEnumutilsGenderToCRMGender() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}