diff --git a/interop-testing/build.gradle b/interop-testing/build.gradle
index f225eee95e..5fdb30659f 100644
--- a/interop-testing/build.gradle
+++ b/interop-testing/build.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ configurations {
     alpnagent
 }
 
+evaluationDependsOn(project(':grpc-core').path)
 evaluationDependsOn(project(':grpc-context').path)
+evaluationDependsOn(project(':grpc-api').path)
 
 dependencies {
     implementation project(path: ':grpc-alts', configuration: 'shadow'),