diff --git a/packages/technical-features/messaging/main/src/feature.ts b/packages/technical-features/messaging/main/src/feature.ts
index cf2ea25c84..250f5ed104 100644
--- a/packages/technical-features/messaging/main/src/feature.ts
+++ b/packages/technical-features/messaging/main/src/feature.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { autoRegister } from "@ogre-tools/injectable-extension-for-auto-registration";
 import { getFeature } from "@k8slens/feature-core";
+import { messagingFeature } from "@k8slens/messaging";
 
 export const messagingFeatureForMain = getFeature({
   id: "messaging-for-main",
@@ -12,4 +13,6 @@ export const messagingFeatureForMain = getFeature({
       getRequireContexts: () => [require.context("./", true, /\.injectable\.(ts|tsx)$/)],
     });
   },
+
+  dependencies: [messagingFeature],
 });
diff --git a/packages/technical-features/messaging/renderer/src/feature.ts b/packages/technical-features/messaging/renderer/src/feature.ts
index 2799132348..c63092f2e5 100644
--- a/packages/technical-features/messaging/renderer/src/feature.ts
+++ b/packages/technical-features/messaging/renderer/src/feature.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { autoRegister } from "@ogre-tools/injectable-extension-for-auto-registration";
 import { getFeature } from "@k8slens/feature-core";
+import { messagingFeature } from "@k8slens/messaging";
 
 export const messagingFeatureForRenderer = getFeature({
   id: "messaging-for-renderer",
@@ -12,4 +13,6 @@ export const messagingFeatureForRenderer = getFeature({
       getRequireContexts: () => [require.context("./", true, /\.injectable\.(ts|tsx)$/)],
     });
   },
+
+  dependencies: [messagingFeature],
 });