diff --git a/platform/projectModel-api/api-dump.txt b/platform/projectModel-api/api-dump.txt
index 6152b5441a63..273967dd0576 100644
--- a/platform/projectModel-api/api-dump.txt
+++ b/platform/projectModel-api/api-dump.txt
@@ -1023,3 +1023,6 @@ com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.legacyBridge.SourceRootTypeRegistry
 - s:getInstance():com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.legacyBridge.SourceRootTypeRegistry
 f:com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.legacyBridge.SourceRootTypeRegistry$Companion
 - f:getInstance():com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.legacyBridge.SourceRootTypeRegistry
+com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.legacyBridge.WorkspaceModelLegacyBridge
+- a:findLegacyModule(com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ModuleEntity):com.intellij.openapi.module.Module
+- a:findModuleEntity(com.intellij.openapi.module.Module):com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ModuleEntity
diff --git a/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/module/ModuleUtilCore.java b/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/module/ModuleUtilCore.java
index 55d5242813ea..6b956cdc7e5c 100644
--- a/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/module/ModuleUtilCore.java
+++ b/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/module/ModuleUtilCore.java
@@ -2,22 +2,31 @@
 package com.intellij.openapi.module;
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.ReadAction;
+import com.intellij.openapi.progress.ProgressManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.roots.*;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Key;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VfsUtilCore;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
+import com.intellij.platform.backend.workspace.WorkspaceModel;
+import com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ModuleEntity;
+import com.intellij.platform.workspace.storage.EntityStorage;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiFileSystemItem;
 import com.intellij.util.PathUtilRt;
 import com.intellij.util.concurrency.annotations.RequiresBackgroundThread;
+import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.graph.Graph;
+import com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.legacyBridge.WorkspaceModelLegacyBridge;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import static com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ExtensionsKt.collectTransitivelyDependentModules;
 
 public class ModuleUtilCore {
   public static final Key<Module> KEY_MODULE = new Key<>("Module");
@@ -169,33 +178,30 @@ public class ModuleUtilCore {
   }
 
   /**
-   * collect transitive module dependants
+   * <h3>Obsolescence notice</h3>
+   * This method uses
+   * {@link com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ExtensionsKt#collectTransitivelyDependentModules(ModuleEntity, EntityStorage)},
+   * and remains for compatibility. 
+   * <p>
+   *   
+   * Collect transitive dependent modules.
    *
    * @param module to find dependencies on
    * @param result resulted set
    */
+  @ApiStatus.Obsolete(since = "2025.1")
   public static void collectModulesDependsOn(@NotNull Module module, @NotNull Set<? super Module> result) {
-    if (!result.add(module)) {
-      return;
-    }
+    var project = module.getProject();
+    var legacyBridge = project.getService(WorkspaceModelLegacyBridge.class);
+    var moduleEntity = legacyBridge.findModuleEntity(module);
+    if (moduleEntity == null) return; // error?
 
-    ModuleManager moduleManager = ModuleManager.getInstance(module.getProject());
-    List<Module> dependentModules = moduleManager.getModuleDependentModules(module);
-    for (Module dependentModule : dependentModules) {
-      OrderEntry[] orderEntries = ModuleRootManager.getInstance(dependentModule).getOrderEntries();
-      for (OrderEntry o : orderEntries) {
-        if (o instanceof ModuleOrderEntry orderEntry) {
-          if (orderEntry.getModule() == module) {
-            if (orderEntry.isExported()) {
-              collectModulesDependsOn(dependentModule, result);
-            }
-            else {
-              result.add(dependentModule);
-            }
-            break;
-          }
-        }
-      }
+    var tmpSet = collectTransitivelyDependentModules(moduleEntity, WorkspaceModel.getInstance(project).getCurrentSnapshot());
+    ProgressManager.checkCanceled();
+    for (var dependentModule : tmpSet) {
+      var legacyModule = legacyBridge.findLegacyModule(dependentModule);
+      if (legacyModule != null)
+        result.add(legacyModule);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/workspaceModel/ide/legacyBridge/WorkspaceModelLegacyBridge.kt b/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/workspaceModel/ide/legacyBridge/WorkspaceModelLegacyBridge.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e96e5b698fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/workspaceModel/ide/legacyBridge/WorkspaceModelLegacyBridge.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+package com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.legacyBridge
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.module.Module
+import com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ModuleEntity
+import com.intellij.platform.workspace.storage.EntityStorage
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus
+
+@ApiStatus.Obsolete
+interface WorkspaceModelLegacyBridge {
+  fun findModuleEntity(module: Module): ModuleEntity?
+  
+  fun findLegacyModule(moduleEntity: ModuleEntity): Module?
+}
diff --git a/platform/projectModel-impl/resources/META-INF/ProjectModelImpl.xml b/platform/projectModel-impl/resources/META-INF/ProjectModelImpl.xml
index c117eeaecbe4..a31d284a6e1e 100644
--- a/platform/projectModel-impl/resources/META-INF/ProjectModelImpl.xml
+++ b/platform/projectModel-impl/resources/META-INF/ProjectModelImpl.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
                         serviceImplementation="com.intellij.openapi.roots.impl.libraries.LibraryTablesRegistrarImpl"/>
     <applicationService serviceInterface="com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.legacyBridge.SourceRootTypeRegistry"
                         serviceImplementation="com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.legacyBridge.module.roots.SourceRootTypeRegistryImpl"/>
+    <projectService serviceInterface="com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.legacyBridge.WorkspaceModelLegacyBridge"
+                        serviceImplementation="com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.legacyBridge.WorkspaceModelLegacyBridgeImpl"/>
     <!-- Global Workspace Model -->
     <applicationService serviceInterface="com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.JpsGlobalModelSynchronizer"
                         serviceImplementation="com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.impl.jps.serialization.JpsGlobalModelSynchronizerImpl"/>
diff --git a/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/workspaceModel/ide/legacyBridge/WorkspaceModelLegacyBridgeImpl.kt b/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/workspaceModel/ide/legacyBridge/WorkspaceModelLegacyBridgeImpl.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ba91f192836d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/projectModel-impl/src/com/intellij/workspaceModel/ide/legacyBridge/WorkspaceModelLegacyBridgeImpl.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright 2000-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+package com.intellij.workspaceModel.ide.legacyBridge
+
+import com.intellij.openapi.module.Module
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
+import com.intellij.platform.backend.workspace.workspaceModel
+import com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ModuleEntity
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus
+
+@ApiStatus.Obsolete
+internal class WorkspaceModelLegacyBridgeImpl(private val project: Project): WorkspaceModelLegacyBridge {
+  override fun findModuleEntity(module: Module): ModuleEntity? =
+    module.findModuleEntity(project.workspaceModel.currentSnapshot)
+
+  override fun findLegacyModule(moduleEntity: ModuleEntity): Module? =
+    moduleEntity.findModule(project.workspaceModel.currentSnapshot)
+
+}
diff --git a/platform/workspace/jps/api-dump.txt b/platform/workspace/jps/api-dump.txt
index c77f4cce4949..bdae79c92661 100644
--- a/platform/workspace/jps/api-dump.txt
+++ b/platform/workspace/jps/api-dump.txt
@@ -684,6 +684,7 @@ f:com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ExcludeUrlEntity$Companion
 - f:create(com.intellij.platform.workspace.storage.url.VirtualFileUrl,com.intellij.platform.workspace.storage.EntitySource,kotlin.jvm.functions.Function1):com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ExcludeUrlEntity$Builder
 - bs:create$default(com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ExcludeUrlEntity$Companion,com.intellij.platform.workspace.storage.url.VirtualFileUrl,com.intellij.platform.workspace.storage.EntitySource,kotlin.jvm.functions.Function1,I,java.lang.Object):com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ExcludeUrlEntity$Builder
 f:com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ExtensionsKt
+- sf:collectTransitivelyDependentModules(com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ModuleEntity,com.intellij.platform.workspace.storage.EntityStorage):java.util.Set
 - sf:getModuleLibraries(com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ModuleEntity,com.intellij.platform.workspace.storage.EntityStorage):kotlin.sequences.Sequence
 - sf:getProjectLibraries(com.intellij.platform.workspace.storage.EntityStorage):kotlin.sequences.Sequence
 - sf:getSourceRoots(com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities.ModuleEntity):java.util.List
diff --git a/platform/workspace/jps/src/com/intellij/platform/workspace/jps/entities/extensions.kt b/platform/workspace/jps/src/com/intellij/platform/workspace/jps/entities/extensions.kt
index 3dd1232e5351..e6d00ed011bd 100644
--- a/platform/workspace/jps/src/com/intellij/platform/workspace/jps/entities/extensions.kt
+++ b/platform/workspace/jps/src/com/intellij/platform/workspace/jps/entities/extensions.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 package com.intellij.platform.workspace.jps.entities
 
 import com.intellij.platform.workspace.storage.EntityStorage
+import com.intellij.platform.workspace.storage.referrers
 
 val ModuleEntity.sourceRoots: List<SourceRootEntity>
   get() = contentRoots.flatMap { it.sourceRoots }
@@ -14,3 +15,20 @@ fun ModuleEntity.getModuleLibraries(storage: EntityStorage): Sequence<LibraryEnt
 
 val EntityStorage.projectLibraries: Sequence<LibraryEntity>
   get() = entities(LibraryEntity::class.java).filter { it.symbolicId.tableId == LibraryTableId.ProjectLibraryTableId }
+
+fun ModuleEntity.collectTransitivelyDependentModules(storage: EntityStorage): Set<ModuleEntity> {
+  val result = mutableSetOf(this)
+  
+  fun collectDependentModulesRecursively(module: ModuleEntity) {
+    for (referrer in storage.referrers<ModuleEntity>(module.symbolicId)) {
+      val dependency = referrer.dependencies.filterIsInstance<ModuleDependency>().find { it.module == module.symbolicId } ?: continue
+      val added = result.add(referrer)
+      if (added && dependency.exported) {
+        collectDependentModulesRecursively(referrer)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
+  collectDependentModulesRecursively(this)
+  return result
+}
diff --git a/platform/workspace/storage/src/com/intellij/platform/workspace/storage/EntityStorage.kt b/platform/workspace/storage/src/com/intellij/platform/workspace/storage/EntityStorage.kt
index 4fdcc6150b77..4896ffbfd746 100644
--- a/platform/workspace/storage/src/com/intellij/platform/workspace/storage/EntityStorage.kt
+++ b/platform/workspace/storage/src/com/intellij/platform/workspace/storage/EntityStorage.kt
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ public inline fun <reified E: WorkspaceEntity> EntityStorage.entities(): Sequenc
   return this.entities(E::class.java)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Kotlin shortcut for `EntityStorage.referrers(id, E::class.java)`.
+ */
+public inline fun <reified E: WorkspaceEntityWithSymbolicId> EntityStorage.referrers(id: SymbolicEntityId<E>): Sequence<E> {
+  return this.referrers(id, E::class.java)
+}
+
 /**
  * An immutable snapshot of the storage state. 
  * It isn't affected by the further modifications of the storage.