diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index 8c270406b2..ae93b9140d 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -639,19 +639,19 @@ group("dawn_fuzzers") {
 ###############################################################################
 
 group("libdawn_native") {
-  deps = [
+  public_deps = [
     "src/dawn_native",
   ]
 }
 
 group("libdawn_native_sources") {
-  deps = [
+  public_deps = [
     "src/dawn_native:dawn_native_sources",
   ]
 }
 
 group("libdawn_wire") {
-  deps = [
+  public_deps = [
     "src/dawn_wire",
   ]
 }
@@ -659,21 +659,21 @@ group("libdawn_wire") {
 # Temporary groups to make a 5-way patch to fix crbug.com/913171
 group("dawn_unittests_temp_group") {
   testonly = true
-  deps = [
+  public_deps = [
     ":dawn_unittests",
   ]
 }
 
 group("dawn_end2end_tests_temp_group") {
   testonly = true
-  deps = [
+  public_deps = [
     ":dawn_end2end_tests",
   ]
 }
 
 group("dawn_perf_tests_temp_group") {
   testonly = true
-  deps = [
+  public_deps = [
     ":dawn_perf_tests",
   ]
   data_deps = [
diff --git a/src/dawn_native/BUILD.gn b/src/dawn_native/BUILD.gn
index 0f6cbc5e1b..7ab1800d23 100644
--- a/src/dawn_native/BUILD.gn
+++ b/src/dawn_native/BUILD.gn
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ dawn_component("dawn_native") {
 
 # Temporary group for a 3-way patch with Chromium
 group("libdawn_native_headers") {
-  deps = [
+  public_deps = [
     ":dawn_native_headers",
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/dawn_wire/BUILD.gn b/src/dawn_wire/BUILD.gn
index ea5b42e5e4..f79cef8c08 100644
--- a/src/dawn_wire/BUILD.gn
+++ b/src/dawn_wire/BUILD.gn
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ dawn_component("dawn_wire") {
 
 # Temporary group for a 3-way patch with Chromium
 group("libdawn_wire_headers") {
-  deps = [
+  public_deps = [
     ":dawn_wire_headers",
   ]
 }