diff --git a/common/src/main/java/net/neoforged/gradle/common/extensions/AccessTransformersExtension.java b/common/src/main/java/net/neoforged/gradle/common/extensions/AccessTransformersExtension.java
index 14c197193..114e3b672 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/net/neoforged/gradle/common/extensions/AccessTransformersExtension.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/net/neoforged/gradle/common/extensions/AccessTransformersExtension.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import org.gradle.api.Action;
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ConfigurablePublishArtifact;
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Dependency;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.ArtifactHandler;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.DependencyHandler;
 
@@ -24,17 +25,18 @@ public AccessTransformersExtension(Project project) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void consume(Object notation) {
-        this.projectDependencies.add(CommonProjectPlugin.ACCESS_TRANSFORMER_CONFIGURATION, notation);
+    public Dependency consume(Object notation) {
+        return this.projectDependencies.add(CommonProjectPlugin.ACCESS_TRANSFORMER_CONFIGURATION, notation);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void consumeApi(Object notation) {
-        this.projectDependencies.add(CommonProjectPlugin.ACCESS_TRANSFORMER_API_CONFIGURATION, notation);
+    public Dependency consumeApi(Object notation) {
+        return this.projectDependencies.add(CommonProjectPlugin.ACCESS_TRANSFORMER_API_CONFIGURATION, notation);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void expose(Object path, Action<ConfigurablePublishArtifact> action) {
+        file(path);
         projectArtifacts.add(CommonProjectPlugin.ACCESS_TRANSFORMER_ELEMENTS_CONFIGURATION, path, action);
     }
 
@@ -42,4 +44,9 @@ public void expose(Object path, Action<ConfigurablePublishArtifact> action) {
     public void expose(Object path) {
         expose(path, artifacts -> {});
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void expose(Dependency dependency) {
+        projectDependencies.add(CommonProjectPlugin.ACCESS_TRANSFORMER_API_CONFIGURATION, dependency);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/dsl/common/src/main/groovy/net/neoforged/gradle/dsl/common/extensions/AccessTransformers.groovy b/dsl/common/src/main/groovy/net/neoforged/gradle/dsl/common/extensions/AccessTransformers.groovy
index 9755451aa..67065a1bf 100644
--- a/dsl/common/src/main/groovy/net/neoforged/gradle/dsl/common/extensions/AccessTransformers.groovy
+++ b/dsl/common/src/main/groovy/net/neoforged/gradle/dsl/common/extensions/AccessTransformers.groovy
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
 import net.minecraftforge.gdi.BaseDSLElementWithFilesAndEntries
 import org.gradle.api.Action
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ConfigurablePublishArtifact
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Dependency
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.DependencyCollector
 
 /**
@@ -11,9 +12,11 @@ import org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.DependencyCollector
  */
 @CompileStatic
 interface AccessTransformers extends BaseDSLElementWithFilesAndEntries<AccessTransformers> {
-    void consume(Object notation)
+    Dependency consume(Object notation)
 
-    void consumeApi(Object notation)
+    Dependency consumeApi(Object notation)
+
+    void expose(Dependency dependency)
 
     void expose(Object path)