diff --git a/plugins/properties/src/META-INF/plugin.xml b/plugins/properties/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
index 1b9ef4b33e23..324ac3900e52 100644
--- a/plugins/properties/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/properties/src/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
   <dependencies>
     <plugin id="com.intellij.modules.xml"/>
   </dependencies>
+  <content>
+    <module name="intellij.properties/copyright"/>
+  </content>
 
   <extensionPoints>
     <extensionPoint name="implicitPropertyUsageProvider"
@@ -23,8 +26,6 @@
                     dynamic="true"/>
   </extensionPoints>
 
-  <depends optional="true" config-file="properties-copyright.xml">com.intellij.copyright</depends>
-
   <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij">
     <properties.files.provider implementation="com.intellij.lang.properties.provider.PropertiesProviderImpl"/>
     <typeIcon className="com.intellij.lang.properties.editor.ResourceBundleAsVirtualFile" icon="AllIcons.Nodes.ResourceBundle"/>
diff --git a/plugins/properties/src/META-INF/properties-copyright.xml b/plugins/properties/src/intellij.properties.copyright.xml
similarity index 78%
rename from plugins/properties/src/META-INF/properties-copyright.xml
rename to plugins/properties/src/intellij.properties.copyright.xml
index ccb1e5f188f4..b81fb83cef83 100644
--- a/plugins/properties/src/META-INF/properties-copyright.xml
+++ b/plugins/properties/src/intellij.properties.copyright.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 <idea-plugin package="com.intellij.lang.properties.copyright">
+  <dependencies>
+    <plugin id="com.intellij.copyright"/>
+  </dependencies>
   <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij.copyright">
     <updater filetype="Properties" implementationClass="com.maddyhome.idea.copyright.psi.UpdateAnyFileCopyright$Provider"/>
   </extensions>