diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 6c1db599..a1a110ed 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This repo publishes three NuGet packages independently:
 | `PostHog.AspNetCore` | `PostHog.AspNetCore` | `src/PostHog.AspNetCore/package.json` | `src/PostHog.AspNetCore/PostHog.AspNetCore.csproj` |
 | `PostHog.AI` | `PostHog.AI` | `src/PostHog.AI/package.json` | `src/PostHog.AI/PostHog.AI.csproj` |
 
-`PostHog.AspNetCore` and `PostHog.AI` depend on `PostHog`. If a changeset bumps `PostHog`, Changesets will also patch-bump the dependent packages so their NuGet dependencies point at the new `PostHog` version.
+The package-specific `package.json` files are Changesets metadata only. They intentionally do not declare internal package dependencies, so Changesets releases only the packages selected by changesets. The actual NuGet package dependencies come from the `.csproj` project references when packages are built.
 
 ## How to release
 
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ You can manually trigger the release workflow from the Actions tab with `workflo
 - The root `package.json` is tooling-only and is not released.
 - The workflow publishes packages sequentially with `PostHog` first, because the other packages depend on it.
 - If only `PostHog.AI` changes, only `PostHog.AI` is versioned and published.
-- If `PostHog` changes, `PostHog.AspNetCore` and `PostHog.AI` receive patch dependency bumps and are published too.
+- If only `PostHog` changes, only `PostHog` is versioned and published, including for major releases.
+- Do not add internal `dependencies` entries to the package-specific `package.json` files unless you intentionally want Changesets to couple those packages' releases.
 
 ## Troubleshooting
 
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index e00b8a9d..92f6b94e 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -14,17 +14,9 @@ importers:
 
   src/PostHog: {}
 
-  src/PostHog.AI:
-    dependencies:
-      PostHog:
-        specifier: workspace:*
-        version: link:../PostHog
+  src/PostHog.AI: {}
 
-  src/PostHog.AspNetCore:
-    dependencies:
-      PostHog:
-        specifier: workspace:*
-        version: link:../PostHog
+  src/PostHog.AspNetCore: {}
 
 packages:
 
diff --git a/src/PostHog.AI/package.json b/src/PostHog.AI/package.json
index f2bbe025..bd38b3ad 100644
--- a/src/PostHog.AI/package.json
+++ b/src/PostHog.AI/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "PostHog.AI",
   "version": "0.1.2",
-  "private": true,
-  "dependencies": {
-    "PostHog": "workspace:*"
-  }
+  "private": true
 }
diff --git a/src/PostHog.AspNetCore/package.json b/src/PostHog.AspNetCore/package.json
index c95e4207..6a1c761b 100644
--- a/src/PostHog.AspNetCore/package.json
+++ b/src/PostHog.AspNetCore/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "PostHog.AspNetCore",
   "version": "2.6.2",
-  "private": true,
-  "dependencies": {
-    "PostHog": "workspace:*"
-  }
+  "private": true
 }