diff --git a/build-constraints.yaml b/build-constraints.yaml
index c2ddeb39..3ab88c70 100644
--- a/build-constraints.yaml
+++ b/build-constraints.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ packages:
         - flags-applicative
         - more-containers
         - tracing
+        # transitive dependencies for tracing
+        - ip
+        - byteslice
+        - bytesmith
+        - contiguous
+        - natural-arithmetic
+        - primitive-offset
+        - primitive-unlifted
+        - run-st
+        - small-bytearray-builder
 
     "Robert Vollmert <rob@vllmrt.net> @robx":
         - configurator-pg
@@ -4196,7 +4206,6 @@ packages:
         - inspection-testing
         - integer-logarithms
         - io-streams-haproxy
-        - ip
         - ixset-typed
         - json
         - json-alt