diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-snapshot.yml
index 99ed93b..0500edd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-snapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-snapshot.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish Hangar Snapshot
         env:
           HANGAR_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HANGAR_API_TOKEN }}
-        run: ./gradlew build publishWaystonesSnapshotPublicationToHangar --stacktrace
+        run: ./gradlew build publishWaystonesSnapshotPublicationToHangar --no-configuration-cache --stacktrace
 
   publish-modrinth:
     if: ${{ github.actor != 'github-actions[bot]' && !startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'chore(release)') }}
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish Modrinth Snapshot
         env:
           MODRINTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MODRINTH_TOKEN }}
-        run: ./gradlew build modrinth
+        run: ./gradlew build modrinth --no-configuration-cache
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index b4c91a5..26eba95 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -10,23 +10,29 @@ plugins {
     id("waystones.resource-processing")
 }
 
+configurations {
+    testImplementation {
+        extendsFrom(compileOnly)
+    }
+}
+
 dependencies {
     compileOnly("io.papermc.paper:paper-api:$buildPaperVersion.build.+")
     implementation(libs.kotlin.stdlib)
     implementation(libs.koin.core)
     implementation(libs.koin.annotations)
     implementation(libs.bstats.bukkit)
-    implementation(libs.arrow.core)
-    implementation(libs.flyway.core)
-    implementation(libs.flyway.mysql)
-    implementation(libs.sqlite.jdbc)
-    implementation(libs.mysql.connector)
+    // Resolved at runtime via PluginLoader - not bundled in shadow JAR
+    compileOnly(libs.arrow.core)
+    compileOnly(libs.flyway.core)
+    compileOnly(libs.flyway.mysql)
+    compileOnly(libs.sqlite.jdbc)
+    compileOnly(libs.mysql.connector)
     detektPlugins(libs.detekt.ktlint)
     testImplementation(libs.mockk)
     testImplementation(libs.kotest.runner)
     testImplementation(libs.kotest.datatest)
     testImplementation(libs.mockbukkit)
-    testImplementation("io.papermc.paper:paper-api:$buildPaperVersion.build.+")
 }
 
 tasks.withType<Test> {