diff --git a/cmd/flux/create_helmrelease.go b/cmd/flux/create_helmrelease.go
index 9a7e08cd..b08db59b 100644
--- a/cmd/flux/create_helmrelease.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_helmrelease.go
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func createHelmReleaseCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	if len(helmReleaseArgs.dependsOn) > 0 {
-		ls := utils.MakeDependsOn(helmReleaseArgs.dependsOn)
+		ls := meta.MakeDependsOn(helmReleaseArgs.dependsOn)
 		hrDependsOn := make([]helmv2.DependencyReference, 0, len(ls))
 		for _, d := range ls {
 			hrDependsOn = append(hrDependsOn, helmv2.DependencyReference{
diff --git a/cmd/flux/create_kustomization.go b/cmd/flux/create_kustomization.go
index 45740c34..aaca5ce4 100644
--- a/cmd/flux/create_kustomization.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_kustomization.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func createKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	if len(kustomizationArgs.dependsOn) > 0 {
-		ls := utils.MakeDependsOn(kustomizationArgs.dependsOn)
+		ls := meta.MakeDependsOn(kustomizationArgs.dependsOn)
 		ksDependsOn := make([]kustomizev1.DependencyReference, 0, len(ls))
 		for _, d := range ls {
 			ksDependsOn = append(ksDependsOn, kustomizev1.DependencyReference{
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7d4e9411..5cfafb7d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ go 1.26.0
 // Fix CVE-2022-28948.
 replace gopkg.in/yaml.v3 => gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 
+// TODO: Remove after DependencyReference type centralization is merged into `apis/meta`.
+// xref: https://github.com/fluxcd/pkg/pull/1212
+replace github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta => github.com/vecil/fluxcd-pkg/apis/meta v0.0.0-20260522050545-a9bfbcef0a28
+
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.4.0
 	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.4.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0e7e4c70..e667b277 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -194,8 +194,6 @@ github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event v0.26.0 h1:QzBRz9Qy91jzJmLlOhd4ecp6OWDpMVFvm311
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event v0.26.0/go.mod h1:0yy7FMJABzq8PP5/VEi1Gro6ssPaPlH9xuPIoF+Rm6M=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v1.18.0 h1:FCNjViCLyKYj6lddpnjXybKBTC2eK6eXK9YOaNwLVTM=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v1.18.0/go.mod h1:mvtMtM4NNLipdCna6DYPC6Bd42xeaF15N+tNO+F6kxY=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.27.0 h1:EspByEk5j8w3rs1cGbEh9AjSmpDwQIz7DFG/zzqf6uI=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.27.0/go.mod h1:2t6JyrRfvIBhx6EBnXfFh/6sCCJ1db9WGaqko0JmNOE=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.45.0 h1:3p/CMdFJ1c8LevdLd2cikackaTW1Tw8JB2xg4YqpP8A=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.45.0/go.mod h1:/ijjR9G/l6URmEo/zWzpJ3XIMIXWP1Ad7AXTCqmWioY=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/cache v0.14.0 h1:wEwJA8NhYj+nH9P6ifcsglDZARWlcbxbmwngGOzfU4c=
@@ -553,6 +551,8 @@ github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5 h1:kLy8mja+1c9jlljvWTlSazM7cKDRfJuR/bOJhcY5NcY=
 github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5/go.mod h1:Fvgq9kS/6ociJEDnK0Fk1cpYF4FIW6ZF7LAe+6jwd28=
 github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.12.2 h1:w/Y6tjxpeiFMR47yzZPlPj/FcPLpXbTUi/9H7d3CPa4=
 github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.12.2/go.mod h1:eF6B6i6ftWQcDqEn3/iGFRFRo8cBIMSJVOpnNdfTMFA=
+github.com/vecil/fluxcd-pkg/apis/meta v0.0.0-20260522050545-a9bfbcef0a28 h1:8rQbopfdhsLXIv7qNeJzujGWc6zs1D4zhp1GvAopzGA=
+github.com/vecil/fluxcd-pkg/apis/meta v0.0.0-20260522050545-a9bfbcef0a28/go.mod h1:3DmYMnyH3XdY8/g2gXfsVIGEd/zpcB2PEkuurv2vgHU=
 github.com/virtuald/go-ordered-json v0.0.0-20170621173500-b18e6e673d74 h1:JwtAtbp7r/7QSyGz8mKUbYJBg2+6Cd7OjM8o/GNOcVo=
 github.com/virtuald/go-ordered-json v0.0.0-20170621173500-b18e6e673d74/go.mod h1:RmMWU37GKR2s6pgrIEB4ixgpVCt/cf7dnJv3fuH1J1c=
 github.com/wI2L/jsondiff v0.6.1 h1:ISZb9oNWbP64LHnu4AUhsMF5W0FIj5Ok3Krip9Shqpw=
diff --git a/internal/utils/utils.go b/internal/utils/utils.go
index 815e04fe..287c1424 100644
--- a/internal/utils/utils.go
+++ b/internal/utils/utils.go
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ import (
 	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1"
 	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1"
 	notificationv1b3 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta3"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 	runclient "github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/client"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/version"
 	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
@@ -231,26 +230,6 @@ func ParseObjectKindNameNamespace(input string) (kind, name, namespace string) {
 	return kind, name, namespace
 }
 
-func MakeDependsOn(deps []string) []meta.NamespacedObjectReference {
-	refs := []meta.NamespacedObjectReference{}
-	for _, dep := range deps {
-		parts := strings.Split(dep, "/")
-		depNamespace := ""
-		depName := ""
-		if len(parts) > 1 {
-			depNamespace = parts[0]
-			depName = parts[1]
-		} else {
-			depName = parts[0]
-		}
-		refs = append(refs, meta.NamespacedObjectReference{
-			Namespace: depNamespace,
-			Name:      depName,
-		})
-	}
-	return refs
-}
-
 func ValidateComponents(components []string) error {
 	defaults := install.MakeDefaultOptions()
 	bootstrapAllComponents := append(defaults.Components, defaults.ComponentsExtra...)
diff --git a/internal/utils/utils_test.go b/internal/utils/utils_test.go
index 2cec902c..4832487e 100644
--- a/internal/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/internal/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func TestMakeDependsOn(t *testing.T) {
 		"someNSD/",
 		"",
 	}
-	want := []meta.NamespacedObjectReference{
+	want := []meta.DependencyReference{
 		{Namespace: "someNSA", Name: "someNameA"},
 		{Namespace: "someNSB", Name: "someNameB"},
 		{Namespace: "", Name: "someNameC"},
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func TestMakeDependsOn(t *testing.T) {
 		{Namespace: "", Name: ""},
 	}
 
-	got := MakeDependsOn(input)
+	got := meta.MakeDependsOn(input)
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
 		t.Errorf("MakeDependsOn() = %v, want %v", got, want)
 	}