diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/lm-coursier/credentials-from-file/build.sbt b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/lm-coursier/credentials-from-file/build.sbt
index e467b3272..6f2b08bde 100644
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/lm-coursier/credentials-from-file/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/lm-coursier/credentials-from-file/build.sbt
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ csrExtraCredentials += {
   lmcoursier.credentials.FileCredentials(dest.toString)
 }
 
-libraryDependencies += "com.abc" % "test" % "0.1"
+libraryDependencies += ("com.abc" % "test" % "0.1").intransitive()
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/lm-coursier/credentials-global/build.sbt b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/lm-coursier/credentials-global/build.sbt
index 8036b14ae..fcd05f15a 100644
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/lm-coursier/credentials-global/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/lm-coursier/credentials-global/build.sbt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ scalaVersion := "2.12.8"
 
 resolvers += "authenticated" at sys.env("TEST_REPOSITORY")
 
-libraryDependencies += "com.abc" % "test" % "0.1"
+libraryDependencies += ("com.abc" % "test" % "0.1").intransitive()
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/lm-coursier/credentials-sbt-global/build.sbt b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/lm-coursier/credentials-sbt-global/build.sbt
index 8036b14ae..fcd05f15a 100644
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/lm-coursier/credentials-sbt-global/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/lm-coursier/credentials-sbt-global/build.sbt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ scalaVersion := "2.12.8"
 
 resolvers += "authenticated" at sys.env("TEST_REPOSITORY")
 
-libraryDependencies += "com.abc" % "test" % "0.1"
+libraryDependencies += ("com.abc" % "test" % "0.1").intransitive()
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/lm-coursier/credentials-sbt/build.sbt b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/lm-coursier/credentials-sbt/build.sbt
index 3781552ed..da142c3c1 100644
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/lm-coursier/credentials-sbt/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/lm-coursier/credentials-sbt/build.sbt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ credentials += Credentials(
   sys.env("TEST_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD")
 )
 
-libraryDependencies += "com.abc" % "test" % "0.1"
+libraryDependencies += ("com.abc" % "test" % "0.1").intransitive()