diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index f03a8f9..e3f3a78 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
 }
 
 func RegisterPostDepsMutators(ctx android.RegisterMutatorsContext) {
-	ctx.TopDown("apex_deps", apexDepsMutator)
+	ctx.BottomUp("apex_deps", apexDepsMutator)
 	ctx.BottomUp("apex", apexMutator).Parallel()
 	ctx.BottomUp("apex_flattened", apexFlattenedMutator).Parallel()
 	ctx.BottomUp("apex_uses", apexUsesMutator).Parallel()
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
 
 // Mark the direct and transitive dependencies of apex bundles so that they
 // can be built for the apex bundles.
-func apexDepsMutator(mctx android.TopDownMutatorContext) {
+func apexDepsMutator(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	if a, ok := mctx.Module().(*apexBundle); ok {
 		apexBundleName := mctx.ModuleName()
 		mctx.WalkDeps(func(child, parent android.Module) bool {