diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e8878d3..57e07cf 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly "net.fabricmc:sponge-mixin:0.15.4+mixin.0.8.7"
     compileOnly "io.github.llamalad7:mixinextras-common:0.4.1"
     // work around minecraft (MDG) forcing ASM 9.3 which is incompatible with the above deps...
-    components.withModule("net.neoforged:minecraft-dependencies", RemoveAsmDependency.class)
+    components.withModule("net.neoforged:minecraft-dependencies", RemoveAsmConstraint.class)
 
     api("ca.spottedleaf:concurrentutil:${rootProject.concurrentutil_version}")
     api("ca.spottedleaf:yamlconfig:${rootProject.yamlconfig_version}")
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/RemoveAsmConstraint.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/RemoveAsmConstraint.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6743785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/RemoveAsmConstraint.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import java.util.Objects;
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.CacheableRule;
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ComponentMetadataContext;
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ComponentMetadataRule;
+
+@CacheableRule
+public abstract class RemoveAsmConstraint implements ComponentMetadataRule {
+    @Override
+    public void execute(final ComponentMetadataContext ctx) {
+        ctx.getDetails().allVariants(variants -> {
+            variants.withDependencies(deps -> {
+                deps.forEach(dep -> {
+                    if (Objects.equals(dep.getGroup(), "org.ow2.asm")) {
+                        if (dep.getVersionConstraint().getStrictVersion() != null) {
+                            dep.version(v -> {
+                                v.require(v.getStrictVersion());
+                            });
+                        }
+                    }
+                });
+            });
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/RemoveAsmDependency.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/RemoveAsmDependency.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 34a2346..0000000
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/RemoveAsmDependency.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import java.util.Objects;
-import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ComponentMetadataContext;
-import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ComponentMetadataRule;
-
-public abstract class RemoveAsmDependency implements ComponentMetadataRule {
-    @Override
-    public void execute(final ComponentMetadataContext ctx) {
-        ctx.getDetails().allVariants(variant -> {
-            variant.withDependencies(deps -> {
-                deps.removeIf(dep -> Objects.equals(dep.getGroup(), "org.ow2.asm"));
-            });
-        });
-    }
-}