diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 84621df5..ef7de0d1 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ void = "1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 async-std = { version = "1.6.2", features = ["attributes"] }
-libp2p-mplex = { workspace = true }
-libp2p-noise = { workspace = true }
+libp2p-mplex = { path = "../muxers/mplex" } # Using `path` here because this is a cyclic dev-dependency which otherwise breaks releasing.
+libp2p-noise = { path = "../transports/noise" } # Using `path` here because this is a cyclic dev-dependency which otherwise breaks releasing.
 multihash = { workspace = true , features = ["arb"] }
 quickcheck = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-identity = { workspace = true, features = ["ed25519"] }
diff --git a/swarm/Cargo.toml b/swarm/Cargo.toml
index d5a37ae9..34370371 100644
--- a/swarm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/swarm/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ async-std = { version = "1.6.2", features = ["attributes"] }
 either = "1.6.0"
 env_logger = "0.10"
 futures = "0.3.28"
-libp2p-identify = { workspace = true }
+libp2p-identify = { path = "../protocols/identify" } # Using `path` here because this is a cyclic dev-dependency which otherwise breaks releasing.
 libp2p-identity = { workspace = true, features = ["ed25519"] }
-libp2p-kad = { workspace = true }
-libp2p-ping = { workspace = true }
-libp2p-plaintext = { workspace = true }
+libp2p-kad = { path = "../protocols/kad" } # Using `path` here because this is a cyclic dev-dependency which otherwise breaks releasing.
+libp2p-ping = { path = "../protocols/ping" } # Using `path` here because this is a cyclic dev-dependency which otherwise breaks releasing.
+libp2p-plaintext = { path = "../transports/plaintext" } # Using `path` here because this is a cyclic dev-dependency which otherwise breaks releasing.
 libp2p-swarm-derive = { workspace = true }
-libp2p-swarm-test = { workspace = true }
+libp2p-swarm-test = { path = "../swarm-test" } # Using `path` here because this is a cyclic dev-dependency which otherwise breaks releasing.
 libp2p-yamux = { workspace = true }
 quickcheck = { workspace = true }
 void = "1"