diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27aa8721f..dd91272fd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <module>prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry</module>
         <module>prometheus-metrics-instrumentation-jvm</module>
         <module>prometheus-metrics-simpleclient-bridge</module>
-        <module>prometheus-metrics-shaded-dependencies</module>
+        <!--<module>prometheus-metrics-shaded-dependencies</module>-->
         <module>examples</module>
         <module>benchmarks</module>
         <module>integration-tests</module>
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml
index 8b67e75d9..b99ee75cf 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
             <artifactId>prometheus-metrics-shaded-opentelemetry</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>1.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- test dependencies -->
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml
index 8f071f855..c1f0fdf77 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
             <artifactId>prometheus-metrics-shaded-protobuf</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>1.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- test dependencies -->