diff --git a/gcp-csm-observability/build.gradle b/gcp-csm-observability/build.gradle
index ce45ddef8d..e29a56b105 100644
--- a/gcp-csm-observability/build.gradle
+++ b/gcp-csm-observability/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies {
             project(':grpc-core'),
             project(':grpc-opentelemetry'),
             project(':grpc-protobuf'),
-            project(':grpc-xds'),
+            project(path: ':grpc-xds', configuration: 'shadow'),
             libraries.guava.jre, // jre version pulled in via xds
             libraries.protobuf.java,
             libraries.opentelemetry.gcp.resources,