diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 0251b57..d04e52a 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
 	// to support the checks in dexpreoptDisabled().
 	ctx.FinalDepsMutators(func(ctx android.RegisterMutatorsContext) {
 		ctx.BottomUp("dexpreopt_tool_deps", dexpreoptToolDepsMutator).Parallel()
+		// needs access to ApexInfoProvider which is available after variant creation
+		ctx.BottomUp("jacoco_deps", jacocoDepsMutator).Parallel()
 	})
 
 	ctx.RegisterSingletonType("logtags", LogtagsSingleton)