diff --git a/extensions/auth/opa/tests/build.gradle.kts b/extensions/auth/opa/tests/build.gradle.kts
index e752d808bc..de060592d9 100644
--- a/extensions/auth/opa/tests/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/extensions/auth/opa/tests/build.gradle.kts
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ dependencies {
   implementation(project(":polaris-extensions-auth-opa"))
 
   // Include all runtime-service dependencies
+  implementation(project(":polaris-runtime-defaults"))
+  implementation(project(":polaris-runtime-common"))
   implementation(project(":polaris-runtime-service"))
 
   // Test common for integration testing
diff --git a/runtime/server/build.gradle.kts b/runtime/server/build.gradle.kts
index 2665649dc6..54855628eb 100644
--- a/runtime/server/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/runtime/server/build.gradle.kts
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ val distributionElements by
   }
 
 dependencies {
+  implementation(project(":polaris-runtime-defaults"))
+  implementation(project(":polaris-runtime-common"))
   implementation(project(":polaris-runtime-service"))
 
   runtimeOnly("org.postgresql:postgresql")
diff --git a/runtime/service/build.gradle.kts b/runtime/service/build.gradle.kts
index 9dcd8c5885..f91dd6514e 100644
--- a/runtime/service/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/runtime/service/build.gradle.kts
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ dependencies {
 
   runtimeOnly(project(":polaris-relational-jdbc"))
 
-  implementation(project(":polaris-runtime-defaults"))
-  implementation(project(":polaris-runtime-common"))
-
   compileOnly(project(":polaris-immutables"))
   annotationProcessor(project(":polaris-immutables", configuration = "processor"))
 
@@ -185,6 +182,8 @@ dependencies {
   testFixturesImplementation("com.azure:azure-storage-blob")
   testFixturesImplementation("com.azure:azure-storage-file-datalake")
 
+  intTestRuntimeOnly(project(":polaris-runtime-defaults"))
+  intTestRuntimeOnly(project(":polaris-runtime-common"))
   // This dependency brings in RESTEasy Classic, which conflicts with Quarkus RESTEasy Reactive;
   // it must not be present during Quarkus augmentation otherwise Quarkus tests won't start.
   intTestRuntimeOnly(libs.keycloak.admin.client)