diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 348b58831..2845c00d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         <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 6b7711112..424b9afa3 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>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>1.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!--
         <dependency>
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml
index 14ad61102..83267baf7 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
             <artifactId>prometheus-metrics-shaded-protobuf</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <version>1.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- test dependencies -->