diff --git a/content-config/build.gradle b/content-config/build.gradle
index 4129eac..918bc9b 100644
--- a/content-config/build.gradle
+++ b/content-config/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 dependencies {
     api project(':content-json')
     api project(':content-yaml')
-    implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:${project.property('jackson.version')}"
 }
diff --git a/content-core/build.gradle b/content-core/build.gradle
index 7eeafc5..ffcf648 100644
--- a/content-core/build.gradle
+++ b/content-core/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dependencies {
     api project(':content-api')
     api "org.xbib:datastructures-tiny:${project.property('xbib-datastructures-tiny.version')}"
-    implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:${project.property('jackson.version')}"
+    api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:${project.property('jackson.version')}"
 }
diff --git a/content-json/build.gradle b/content-json/build.gradle
index 1521370..f198df2 100644
--- a/content-json/build.gradle
+++ b/content-json/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dependencies {
     api project(':content-core')
     api project(':content-settings')
-    implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${project.property('jackson.version')}"
+    api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${project.property('jackson.version')}"
     testImplementation("org.mockito:mockito-core:${project.property('mockito.version')}") {
         exclude group: 'org.hamcrest'
     }
diff --git a/content-rdf/build.gradle b/content-rdf/build.gradle
index 7b14bac..78b780b 100644
--- a/content-rdf/build.gradle
+++ b/content-rdf/build.gradle
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':content-resource')
     implementation project(':content-xml')
     implementation project(':content-json')
-    implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:${project.property('jackson.version')}"
 }
diff --git a/content-settings/build.gradle b/content-settings/build.gradle
index 72f8c40..f4477f8 100644
--- a/content-settings/build.gradle
+++ b/content-settings/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 dependencies {
     api project(':content-core')
-    implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:${project.property('jackson.version')}"
     testImplementation project(":content-json")
 }
diff --git a/content-smile/build.gradle b/content-smile/build.gradle
index 3f8c49e..83a2cba 100644
--- a/content-smile/build.gradle
+++ b/content-smile/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 dependencies {
     api project(':content-core')
-    implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile:${project.property('jackson.version')}"
+    api "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-smile:${project.property('jackson.version')}"
 }
diff --git a/content-xml/build.gradle b/content-xml/build.gradle
index b3e7b8e..5a39e7b 100644
--- a/content-xml/build.gradle
+++ b/content-xml/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dependencies {
-    implementation project(':content-core')
-    implementation project(':content-resource')
-    implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:${project.property('jackson.version')}"
+    api project(':content-core')
+    api project(':content-resource')
+    api "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:${project.property('jackson.version')}"
     runtimeOnly "com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:${project.property('woodstox.version')}"
     testImplementation project(':content-json') // for XContentHelper reading JSON
 }
diff --git a/content-yaml/build.gradle b/content-yaml/build.gradle
index 15be496..de14a44 100644
--- a/content-yaml/build.gradle
+++ b/content-yaml/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dependencies {
     api project(':content-core')
     api project(':content-settings')
-    implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:${project.property('jackson.version')}"
+    api "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:${project.property('jackson.version')}"
     implementation "org.yaml:snakeyaml:${project.property('snakeyaml.version')}"
 }