diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1549114319..9042840d90 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fixed type hint aliasing for App under TYPE_CHECKING https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6152
+- Fixed circular dependency effecting `bazel` users https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6163
 - Fixed for text selection with double width characters https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6186
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 3610beaf25..1c81969a50 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1088,7 +1088,6 @@ files = [
 
 [package.dependencies]
 linkify-it-py = {version = ">=1,<3", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"linkify\""}
-mdit-py-plugins = {version = "*", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"plugins\""}
 mdurl = ">=0.1,<1.0"
 
 [package.extras]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 897e850b94..56ba2b4306 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ description = "Modern Text User Interface framework"
 authors = ["Will McGugan <will@textualize.io>"]
 license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
-classifiers = [    
+classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     "Environment :: Console",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ target-version = "py39"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.9"
-markdown-it-py = { extras = ["plugins", "linkify"], version = ">=2.1.0" }
+markdown-it-py = { extras = ["linkify"], version = ">=2.1.0" }
+mdit-py-plugins = "*"
 rich = ">=14.2.0"
 #rich = {path="../rich", develop=true}
 typing-extensions = "^4.4.0"