diff --git a/plugin-gradle/src/main/java/com/diffplug/gradle/spotless/GradleProvisioner.java b/plugin-gradle/src/main/java/com/diffplug/gradle/spotless/GradleProvisioner.java
index 4389ae10cd..0587d070f6 100644
--- a/plugin-gradle/src/main/java/com/diffplug/gradle/spotless/GradleProvisioner.java
+++ b/plugin-gradle/src/main/java/com/diffplug/gradle/spotless/GradleProvisioner.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Configuration;
+import org.gradle.api.attributes.Bundling;
 
 import com.diffplug.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.diffplug.spotless.Provisioner;
@@ -76,6 +77,9 @@ private static Provisioner forProject(Project project) {
 						.forEach(config.getDependencies()::add);
 				config.setDescription(mavenCoords.toString());
 				config.setTransitive(withTransitives);
+				config.attributes(attr -> {
+					attr.attribute(Bundling.BUNDLING_ATTRIBUTE, project.getObjects().named(Bundling.class, Bundling.EXTERNAL));
+				});
 				return config.resolve();
 			} catch (Exception e) {
 				String projName = project.getPath().substring(1).replace(':', '/');
diff --git a/testlib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/TestProvisioner.java b/testlib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/TestProvisioner.java
index d0ba60aa6d..0d9ced4c9e 100644
--- a/testlib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/TestProvisioner.java
+++ b/testlib/src/main/java/com/diffplug/spotless/TestProvisioner.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Dependency;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ResolveException;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.RepositoryHandler;
+import org.gradle.api.attributes.Bundling;
 import org.gradle.testfixtures.ProjectBuilder;
 
 import com.diffplug.common.base.Errors;
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@ private static Provisioner createWithRepositories(Consumer<RepositoryHandler> re
 			Configuration config = project.getConfigurations().detachedConfiguration(deps);
 			config.setTransitive(withTransitives);
 			config.setDescription(mavenCoords.toString());
+			config.attributes(attr -> {
+				attr.attribute(Bundling.BUNDLING_ATTRIBUTE, project.getObjects().named(Bundling.class, Bundling.EXTERNAL));
+			});
 			try {
 				return config.resolve();
 			} catch (ResolveException e) {