diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 057a36d2b..38b18b61f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         <module>prometheus-metrics-instrumentation-jvm</module>
         <module>prometheus-metrics-instrumentation-dropwizard5</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-bom/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-bom/pom.xml
index 16aa8e3c7..fce579b40 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-bom/pom.xml
@@ -118,20 +118,20 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
                 <artifactId>prometheus-metrics-shaded-dependencies</artifactId>
-                <version>${prometheus.metrics.shaded.dependencies.version}</version>
-                <!-- <version>${project.version}</version> -->
+                <!-- <version>${prometheus.metrics.shaded.dependencies.version}</version> -->
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
                 <artifactId>prometheus-metrics-shaded-protobuf</artifactId>
-                <version>${prometheus.metrics.shaded.dependencies.version}</version>
-                <!-- <version>${project.version}</version> -->
+                <!-- <version>${prometheus.metrics.shaded.dependencies.version}</version> -->
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
                 <artifactId>prometheus-metrics-shaded-opentelemetry</artifactId>
-                <version>${prometheus.metrics.shaded.dependencies.version}</version>
-                <!-- <version>${project.version}</version> -->
+                <!-- <version>${prometheus.metrics.shaded.dependencies.version}</version> -->
+                <version>${project.version}</version>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml
index 2a78d8d4c..a54f33dae 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
             <artifactId>prometheus-metrics-shaded-opentelemetry</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.0</version>
+            <!-- <version>1.2.0</version> -->
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- test dependencies -->
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml
index 6ce225873..7a0e5784b 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
             <artifactId>prometheus-metrics-shaded-protobuf</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.0</version>
+            <!-- <version>1.2.0</version> -->
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- test dependencies -->