diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 530c2b0c8..1fa00a790 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - `DEPLOY_ENVIRONMENT` is available to all module deployments as an environment variable
   - if it does not exist in the current environment, value is derived from branch or directory name
 - Updated static site CFN template to use node v10 for path rewrite lambda
+- embedded stacker will not resolve dependancies for `locked` stacks when they rely on other stacks
+  - accepted upstream in https://github.com/cloudtools/stacker/pull/746
 
 ## [1.3.3] - 2019-11-26
 ### Changed
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7eaa7e276..8b7558312 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     # and the following patches applied
     # https://github.com/cloudtools/stacker/pull/731 (CAPABILITY_AUTO_EXPAND)
     # https://github.com/cloudtools/stacker/pull/744 (diffs via CFN changesets)
+    # https://github.com/cloudtools/stacker/pull/746 (locked stack dependencies)
     # and the following files/folders deleted:
     #   * tests
     #   * blueprints/testutil.py
diff --git a/src/runway/embedded/stacker/stack.py b/src/runway/embedded/stacker/stack.py
index aa5ab81b4..950fcd548 100644
--- a/src/runway/embedded/stacker/stack.py
+++ b/src/runway/embedded/stacker/stack.py
@@ -85,12 +85,6 @@ def required_by(self):
 
     @property
     def requires(self):
-        # By definition, a locked stack has no dependencies, because we won't
-        # be performing an update operation on the stack. This means, resolving
-        # outputs from dependencies is unnecessary.
-        if self.locked and not self.force:
-            return []
-
         requires = set(self.definition.requires or [])
 
         # Add any dependencies based on output lookups