diff --git a/api/all/build.gradle b/api/all/build.gradle
index 551339184cf..5d7d9c4c886 100644
--- a/api/all/build.gradle
+++ b/api/all/build.gradle
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ plugins {
 description = 'OpenTelemetry API'
 ext.moduleName = "io.opentelemetry.api"
 
+// Stop gap measure until api no longer depends on api-metrics
+configurations.all {
+    resolutionStrategy {
+        dependencySubstitution {
+            substitute project(':opentelemetry-api-metrics') with module('io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api-metrics:0.13.0-alpha')
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 dependencies {
     api project(':opentelemetry-context'),
             project(':opentelemetry-api-baggage'),
diff --git a/sdk/all/build.gradle b/sdk/all/build.gradle
index ec85480c9da..3e66d24c243 100644
--- a/sdk/all/build.gradle
+++ b/sdk/all/build.gradle
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ description = 'OpenTelemetry SDK'
 ext.moduleName = "io.opentelemetry.sdk"
 ext.propertiesDir = "build/generated/properties/io/opentelemetry/sdk"
 
+// Stop gap measure until sdk no longer depends on sdk-metrics
+configurations.all {
+    resolutionStrategy {
+        dependencySubstitution {
+            substitute project(':opentelemetry-sdk-metrics') with module('io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-metrics:0.13.0-alpha')
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 dependencies {
     api project(':opentelemetry-api'),
             project(':opentelemetry-sdk-common'),