diff --git a/pkg/app/app_test.go b/pkg/app/app_test.go
index 50e3682a..36aaf9f5 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app_test.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app_test.go
@@ -2626,22 +2626,28 @@ func (a applyConfig) TrackLogs() bool {
 
 type depsConfig struct {
 	skipRepos              bool
+	includeNeeds           bool
 	includeTransitiveNeeds bool
+	args                   []string
 }
 
-func (d depsConfig) SkipRepos() bool {
-	return d.skipRepos
+func (c depsConfig) SkipRepos() bool {
+	return c.skipRepos
 }
 
-func (d depsConfig) IncludeTransitiveNeeds() bool {
-	return d.includeTransitiveNeeds
+func (c depsConfig) IncludeNeeds() bool {
+	return c.includeNeeds
 }
 
-func (d depsConfig) Args() string {
+func (c depsConfig) IncludeTransitiveNeeds() bool {
+	return c.includeTransitiveNeeds
+}
+
+func (c depsConfig) Args() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
-func (d depsConfig) Concurrency() int {
+func (c depsConfig) Concurrency() int {
 	return 2
 }
 
@@ -4116,6 +4122,7 @@ releases:
 
 				depsErr := app.Deps(depsConfig{
 					skipRepos:              false,
+					includeNeeds:           false,
 					includeTransitiveNeeds: false,
 				})
 				switch {
diff --git a/pkg/app/config.go b/pkg/app/config.go
index 03bdc627..de34473f 100644
--- a/pkg/app/config.go
+++ b/pkg/app/config.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ type ConfigProvider interface {
 type DepsConfigProvider interface {
 	Args() string
 	SkipRepos() bool
+	IncludeNeeds() bool
 	IncludeTransitiveNeeds() bool
 
 	concurrencyConfig
diff --git a/pkg/app/run.go b/pkg/app/run.go
index 0fbfb29a..589bba9b 100644
--- a/pkg/app/run.go
+++ b/pkg/app/run.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func (r *Run) Deps(c DepsConfigProvider) []error {
 
 	r.helm.SetExtraArgs(GetArgs(c.Args(), r.state)...)
 
-	return r.state.UpdateDeps(r.helm, false, c.IncludeTransitiveNeeds())
+	return r.state.UpdateDeps(r.helm, c.IncludeNeeds(), c.IncludeTransitiveNeeds())
 }
 
 func (r *Run) Repos(c ReposConfigProvider) error {
diff --git a/pkg/config/deps.go b/pkg/config/deps.go
index f4dd4608..fd1e3e91 100644
--- a/pkg/config/deps.go
+++ b/pkg/config/deps.go
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ func (d *DepsImpl) SkipRepos() bool {
 	return d.DepsOptions.SkipRepos
 }
 
+// IncludeNeeds returns the includeNeeds
+func (d *DepsImpl) IncludeNeeds() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
 // IncludeTransitiveNeeds returns the includeTransitiveNeeds
 func (d *DepsImpl) IncludeTransitiveNeeds() bool {
 	return false