diff --git a/release-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/model/Project.java b/release-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/model/Project.java
index f10b711..4453787 100644
--- a/release-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/model/Project.java
+++ b/release-tools/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/model/Project.java
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ import lombok.ToString;
 import lombok.experimental.Wither;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ public class Project implements Comparable<Project> {
 	private final @Getter ProjectKey key;
 	private final @Getter String name;
 	private final @Wither String fullName;
-	private final @Getter List<Project> dependencies;
+	private final Collection<Project> dependencies;
 	private final @Getter Tracker tracker;
 	private final @Wither @Getter ArtifactCoordinates additionalArtifacts;
 	private final @Wither boolean skipTests;
@@ -54,14 +57,7 @@ public class Project implements Comparable<Project> {
 	}
 
 	private Project(String key, String name, String fullName, Tracker tracker) {
-
-		this.key = new ProjectKey(key);
-		this.name = name;
-		this.fullName = fullName;
-		this.dependencies = Collections.emptyList();
-		this.tracker = tracker;
-		this.additionalArtifacts = ArtifactCoordinates.SPRING_DATA;
-		this.skipTests = false;
+		this(new ProjectKey(key), name, fullName, Collections.emptySet(), tracker, ArtifactCoordinates.SPRING_DATA, false);
 	}
 
 	public boolean uses(Tracker tracker) {
@@ -102,9 +98,22 @@ public class Project implements Comparable<Project> {
 	}
 
 	public Project withDependencies(Project... project) {
+
 		return new Project(key, name, fullName, Arrays.asList(project), tracker, additionalArtifacts, skipTests);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns all dependencies of the current project including transitive ones.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public Set<Project> getDependencies() {
+
+		return dependencies.stream() //
+				.flatMap(dependency -> Stream.concat(Stream.of(dependency), dependency.getDependencies().stream())) //
+				.collect(Collectors.toSet());
+	}
+
 	/* 
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see java.lang.Comparable#compareTo(java.lang.Object)
diff --git a/release-tools/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/release/model/ProjectUnitTests.java b/release-tools/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/release/model/ProjectUnitTests.java
index 6e3725c..318cd6c 100644
--- a/release-tools/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/release/model/ProjectUnitTests.java
+++ b/release-tools/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/release/model/ProjectUnitTests.java
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.release.model;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -55,4 +56,11 @@ public class ProjectUnitTests {
 		assertThat(Projects.BUILD.getFullName(), is("Spring Data Build"));
 		assertThat(Projects.CASSANDRA.getFullName(), is("Spring Data for Apache Cassandra"));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void returnsAllDependencies() {
+
+		assertThat(Projects.REDIS.getDependencies())//
+				.contains(Projects.COMMONS, Projects.KEY_VALUE, Projects.BUILD);
+	}
 }