diff --git a/grace-plugin-events/build.gradle b/grace-plugin-events/build.gradle
index 437cc99..62da220 100644
--- a/grace-plugin-events/build.gradle
+++ b/grace-plugin-events/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dependencies {
     api "org.graceframework:grace-core:$graceVersion"
     api project(":grace-events"), project(":grace-events-transform")
-    api project(":grace-events-compat")
+    compileOnly project(":grace-events-compat")
 }
 
 jar {