diff --git a/components/docker/component.go b/components/docker/component.go
index 72d9a1451..e6f0007e7 100644
--- a/components/docker/component.go
+++ b/components/docker/component.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (d *Manager) ComposeStrUp(name string, composeManifests []ComposeInlineMani
 			Delete:      pulumi.Sprintf("docker-compose %s down -t %d", composeFileArgs, defaultTimeout),
 			Environment: envVars,
 		},
-		utils.MergeOptions(d.opts, pulumi.DependsOn(runCommandDeps), pulumi.DeleteBeforeReplace(true))...,
+		utils.MergeOptions(d.opts, utils.PulumiDependsOn(runCommandDeps...), pulumi.DeleteBeforeReplace(true))...,
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/resources/local/podman/vm.go b/resources/local/podman/vm.go
index 242271106..3c9e85b04 100644
--- a/resources/local/podman/vm.go
+++ b/resources/local/podman/vm.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func NewInstance(e resourceslocal.Environment, args VMArgs, opts ...pulumi.Resou
 
 	podmanCommand := "podman --config " + dataPath
 
-	opts = utils.MergeOptions(opts, pulumi.DependsOn([]pulumi.Resource{dockerFile, dockerConfig}))
+	opts = utils.MergeOptions(opts, utils.PulumiDependsOn(dockerFile, dockerConfig))
 	buildPodman, err := runner.Command("podman-build"+args.Name, &command.Args{
 		Environment:     pulumi.StringMap{"DOCKER_HOST_SSH_PUBLIC_KEY": pulumi.String(string(publicKey))},
 		Create:          pulumi.Sprintf("%s build --format=docker --build-arg DOCKER_HOST_SSH_PUBLIC_KEY=\"$DOCKER_HOST_SSH_PUBLIC_KEY\" -t %s .", podmanCommand, args.Name),
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func NewInstance(e resourceslocal.Environment, args VMArgs, opts ...pulumi.Resou
 	if err != nil {
 		return pulumi.StringOutput{}, "", -1, err
 	}
-	opts = utils.MergeOptions(opts, pulumi.DependsOn([]pulumi.Resource{buildPodman}))
+	opts = utils.MergeOptions(opts, utils.PulumiDependsOn(buildPodman))
 	runPodman, err := runner.Command("podman-run"+args.Name, &command.Args{
 		Environment:     pulumi.StringMap{"DOCKER_HOST_SSH_PUBLIC_KEY": pulumi.String(string(publicKey))},
 		Create:          pulumi.Sprintf("%s run -d --name=%[2]s_run -p 50022:22 %[2]s", podmanCommand, args.Name),