diff --git a/provider/internal/java/provider.go b/provider/internal/java/provider.go
index 0547fcdb..2b2535eb 100644
--- a/provider/internal/java/provider.go
+++ b/provider/internal/java/provider.go
@@ -112,10 +112,12 @@ func (p *javaProvider) Capabilities() []provider.Capability {
 		caps = append(caps, refCap)
 	}
 	if p.hasMaven {
-		caps = append(caps, provider.Capability{
-			Name:  "dependency",
-			Input: openapi3.SchemaOrRef{},
-		})
+		depCap, err := provider.ToProviderCap(r, p.Log, provider.DependencyConditionCap{}, "dependency")
+		if err != nil {
+			p.Log.Error(err, "this is not goinag to be cool if it fails")
+		} else {
+			caps = append(caps, depCap)
+		}
 	}
 	return caps
 }
diff --git a/provider/provider.go b/provider/provider.go
index f9196931..2d2dbd50 100644
--- a/provider/provider.go
+++ b/provider/provider.go
@@ -528,15 +528,19 @@ func templateCondition(condition []byte, ctx map[string]engine.ChainTemplate) ([
 	return []byte(s), nil
 }
 
-// TODO where should this go
-type DependencyCondition struct {
-	Upperbound string
-	Lowerbound string
-	Name       string
+type DependencyConditionCap struct {
+	Upperbound string `json:"upperbound,omitempty"`
+	Lowerbound string `json:"lowerbound,omitempty"`
+	Name       string `json:"name"`
 	// NameRegex will be a valid go regex that will be used to
 	// search the name of a given dependency.
 	// Examples include kubernetes* or jakarta-.*-2.2.
-	NameRegex string
+	NameRegex string `json:"name_regex,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// TODO where should this go
+type DependencyCondition struct {
+	DependencyConditionCap
 
 	Client Client
 }