diff --git a/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-agentless-spring/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-agentless-spring/build.gradle.kts
index 842341e2f1a..a79bd6c94f7 100644
--- a/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-agentless-spring/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-agentless-spring/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure<JavaPluginExtension> {
 
 dependencies {
     api(projects.sentry)
-    api(projects.sentryOpentelemetry.sentryOpentelemetryBootstrap)
+    implementation(projects.sentryOpentelemetry.sentryOpentelemetryBootstrap)
     implementation(projects.sentryOpentelemetry.sentryOpentelemetryAgentcustomization)
     api(Config.Libs.OpenTelemetry.otelSdk)
     api(Config.Libs.OpenTelemetry.otelSemconv)
diff --git a/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-agentless/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-agentless/build.gradle.kts
index 4630bf00b45..26a404e49c9 100644
--- a/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-agentless/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-opentelemetry/sentry-opentelemetry-agentless/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure<JavaPluginExtension> {
 
 dependencies {
     api(projects.sentry)
-    api(projects.sentryOpentelemetry.sentryOpentelemetryBootstrap)
+    implementation(projects.sentryOpentelemetry.sentryOpentelemetryBootstrap)
     implementation(projects.sentryOpentelemetry.sentryOpentelemetryAgentcustomization)
     api(Config.Libs.OpenTelemetry.otelSdk)
     api(Config.Libs.OpenTelemetry.otelSemconv)