diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7228d670..c5041e27 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ dependencies {
     // work around minecraft (MDG) forcing ASM 9.3 which is incompatible with the above deps...
     components.withModule("net.neoforged:minecraft-dependencies", RemoveAsmConstraint.class)
 
-    api("ca.spottedleaf:concurrentutil:${rootProject.concurrentutil_version}")
-    api("ca.spottedleaf:yamlconfig:${rootProject.yamlconfig_version}")
+    api("ca.spottedleaf:concurrentutil:${rootProject.concurrentutil_version}") { setTransitive(false) }
+    api("ca.spottedleaf:yamlconfig:${rootProject.yamlconfig_version}") { setTransitive(false) }
     api("org.yaml:snakeyaml:${rootProject.snakeyaml_version}")
 
     // todo: does cloth publish a platform-agnostic jar in mojang mappings?
diff --git a/fabric/build.gradle b/fabric/build.gradle
index bccf6bb5..9bed7e93 100644
--- a/fabric/build.gradle
+++ b/fabric/build.gradle
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ dependencies {
     shadow(project(":"))
     compileOnly(project(":"))
 
-    libs("ca.spottedleaf:concurrentutil:${rootProject.concurrentutil_version}")
-    libs("ca.spottedleaf:yamlconfig:${rootProject.yamlconfig_version}")
+    libs("ca.spottedleaf:concurrentutil:${rootProject.concurrentutil_version}") { setTransitive(false) }
+    libs("ca.spottedleaf:yamlconfig:${rootProject.yamlconfig_version}") { setTransitive(false) }
     libs("org.yaml:snakeyaml:${rootProject.snakeyaml_version}")
 
     modImplementation "me.shedaniel.cloth:cloth-config-fabric:${rootProject.cloth_version}"
diff --git a/neoforge/build.gradle b/neoforge/build.gradle
index 6d20b533..0943c301 100644
--- a/neoforge/build.gradle
+++ b/neoforge/build.gradle
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ dependencies {
     shadow(project(":"))
     compileOnly(project(":"))
 
-    libs("ca.spottedleaf:concurrentutil:${rootProject.concurrentutil_version}")
-    libs("ca.spottedleaf:yamlconfig:${rootProject.yamlconfig_version}")
+    libs("ca.spottedleaf:concurrentutil:${rootProject.concurrentutil_version}") { setTransitive(false) }
+    libs("ca.spottedleaf:yamlconfig:${rootProject.yamlconfig_version}") { setTransitive(false) }
     additionalRuntimeClasspath libs("org.yaml:snakeyaml:${rootProject.snakeyaml_version}")
 
     implementation "me.shedaniel.cloth:cloth-config-neoforge:${rootProject.cloth_version}"