diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core-common/src/main/java/module-info.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core-common/src/main/java/module-info.java
index c2fb2c5276c..43087904262 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-core-common/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-core-common/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ module org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.core.common
     exports org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.core.internal to org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.core.client, org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.core.server, org.eclipse.jetty.util;
 
     requires org.eclipse.jetty.http;
-    requires org.eclipse.jetty.io;
+    requires transitive org.eclipse.jetty.io;
+    requires transitive org.eclipse.jetty.util;
     requires org.slf4j;
 
     uses Extension;
diff --git a/jetty-websocket/websocket-util/src/main/java/module-info.java b/jetty-websocket/websocket-util/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 22dafa0caea..fdca115546e 100644
--- a/jetty-websocket/websocket-util/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/jetty-websocket/websocket-util/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ module org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.util
     exports org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.util;
     exports org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.util.messages;
 
-    requires org.eclipse.jetty.util;
-    requires org.slf4j;
-    requires org.eclipse.jetty.io;
     requires transitive org.eclipse.jetty.websocket.core.common;
+    requires org.slf4j;
 }