diff --git a/tests/CycloneDX.Utils.Tests/MergeTests.cs b/tests/CycloneDX.Utils.Tests/MergeTests.cs
index 5d08b01d..7c5af11e 100644
--- a/tests/CycloneDX.Utils.Tests/MergeTests.cs
+++ b/tests/CycloneDX.Utils.Tests/MergeTests.cs
@@ -131,6 +131,126 @@ public void FlatMergeDuplicatedComponentsTest()
             Assert.Single(result.Components);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void FlatMergeDuplicatedComponentsDependenciesTest()
+        {
+            var sboms = new List<Bom>();
+            var bom1 = new Bom
+            {
+                Components = new List<Component>
+                {
+                    new Component
+                    {
+                        Name = "Component1",
+                        Version = "1",
+                        BomRef = "Component1",
+                    },
+                    new Component
+                    {
+                        Name = "CommonDependencyComponent",
+                        Version = "1",
+                        BomRef = "CommonDependencyComponent"
+                    },
+                    new Component
+                    {
+                        Name = "OtherDependencyComponent",
+                        Version = "1",
+                        BomRef = "OtherDependencyComponent"
+                    }
+                },
+                Dependencies = new List<Dependency>
+                {
+                    new Dependency
+                    {
+                        Ref = "Component1",
+                        Dependencies = new List<Dependency>
+                        {
+                            new Dependency
+                            {
+                                Ref = "CommonDependencyComponent"
+                            },
+                            new Dependency
+                            {
+                                Ref = "OtherDependencyComponent"
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    new Dependency
+                    {
+                        Ref = "CommonDependencyComponent",
+                        Dependencies = new List<Dependency>{}
+                    },
+                    new Dependency
+                    {
+                        Ref = "OtherDependencyComponent",
+                        Dependencies = new List<Dependency>{}
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+            sboms.Add(bom1);
+            var bom2 = new Bom
+            {
+                Components = new List<Component>
+                {
+                    new Component
+                    {
+                        Name = "Component2",
+                        Version = "1",
+                        BomRef = "Component2",
+                    },
+                    new Component
+                    {
+                        Name = "CommonDependencyComponent",
+                        Version = "1",
+                        BomRef = "CommonDependencyComponent"
+                    },
+                    new Component
+                    {
+                        Name = "OtherDependencyComponent2",
+                        Version = "1",
+                        BomRef = "OtherDependencyComponent2"
+                    }
+                },
+                Dependencies = new List<Dependency>
+                {
+                    new Dependency
+                    {
+                        Ref = "Component2",
+                        Dependencies = new List<Dependency>
+                        {
+                            new Dependency
+                            {
+                                Ref = "CommonDependencyComponent"
+                            },
+                            new Dependency
+                            {
+                                Ref = "OtherDependencyComponent2"
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
+                    new Dependency
+                    {
+                        Ref = "CommonDependencyComponent",
+                        Dependencies = new List<Dependency>{}
+                    },
+                    new Dependency
+                    {
+                        Ref = "OtherDependencyComponent2",
+                        Dependencies = new List<Dependency>{}
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+            sboms.Add(bom2);
+            var result = CycloneDXUtils.FlatMerge(sboms);
+
+            // there are 5 involved components:
+            // Component1, Component2, CommonDependencyComponent,
+            // OtherDependencyComponent, OtherDependencyComponent2
+            Assert.Equal(5, result.Dependencies.Count);
+            Snapshot.Match(result);
+        }
+
+
 
         [Fact]
         public void FlatMergeVulnerabilitiesTest()
diff --git a/tests/CycloneDX.Utils.Tests/__snapshots__/MergeTests.FlatMergeDuplicatedComponentsDependenciesTest.snap b/tests/CycloneDX.Utils.Tests/__snapshots__/MergeTests.FlatMergeDuplicatedComponentsDependenciesTest.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99402f12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/CycloneDX.Utils.Tests/__snapshots__/MergeTests.FlatMergeDuplicatedComponentsDependenciesTest.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+{
+  "BomFormat": "CycloneDX",
+  "SpecVersion": "v1_6",
+  "SpecVersionString": "1.6",
+  "SerialNumber": null,
+  "Version": null,
+  "Metadata": null,
+  "Components": [
+    {
+      "Type": "Null",
+      "MimeType": null,
+      "BomRef": "Component1",
+      "Supplier": null,
+      "Author": null,
+      "Publisher": null,
+      "Group": null,
+      "Name": "Component1",
+      "Version": "1",
+      "Description": null,
+      "Scope": null,
+      "Licenses": null,
+      "Copyright": null,
+      "Cpe": null,
+      "Purl": null,
+      "Swid": null,
+      "Modified": null,
+      "Pedigree": null,
+      "Evidence": null,
+      "ModelCard": null,
+      "CryptoProperties": null,
+      "XmlSignature": null,
+      "Signature": null
+    },
+    {
+      "Type": "Null",
+      "MimeType": null,
+      "BomRef": "CommonDependencyComponent",
+      "Supplier": null,
+      "Author": null,
+      "Publisher": null,
+      "Group": null,
+      "Name": "CommonDependencyComponent",
+      "Version": "1",
+      "Description": null,
+      "Scope": null,
+      "Licenses": null,
+      "Copyright": null,
+      "Cpe": null,
+      "Purl": null,
+      "Swid": null,
+      "Modified": null,
+      "Pedigree": null,
+      "Evidence": null,
+      "ModelCard": null,
+      "CryptoProperties": null,
+      "XmlSignature": null,
+      "Signature": null
+    },
+    {
+      "Type": "Null",
+      "MimeType": null,
+      "BomRef": "OtherDependencyComponent",
+      "Supplier": null,
+      "Author": null,
+      "Publisher": null,
+      "Group": null,
+      "Name": "OtherDependencyComponent",
+      "Version": "1",
+      "Description": null,
+      "Scope": null,
+      "Licenses": null,
+      "Copyright": null,
+      "Cpe": null,
+      "Purl": null,
+      "Swid": null,
+      "Modified": null,
+      "Pedigree": null,
+      "Evidence": null,
+      "ModelCard": null,
+      "CryptoProperties": null,
+      "XmlSignature": null,
+      "Signature": null
+    },
+    {
+      "Type": "Null",
+      "MimeType": null,
+      "BomRef": "Component2",
+      "Supplier": null,
+      "Author": null,
+      "Publisher": null,
+      "Group": null,
+      "Name": "Component2",
+      "Version": "1",
+      "Description": null,
+      "Scope": null,
+      "Licenses": null,
+      "Copyright": null,
+      "Cpe": null,
+      "Purl": null,
+      "Swid": null,
+      "Modified": null,
+      "Pedigree": null,
+      "Evidence": null,
+      "ModelCard": null,
+      "CryptoProperties": null,
+      "XmlSignature": null,
+      "Signature": null
+    },
+    {
+      "Type": "Null",
+      "MimeType": null,
+      "BomRef": "OtherDependencyComponent2",
+      "Supplier": null,
+      "Author": null,
+      "Publisher": null,
+      "Group": null,
+      "Name": "OtherDependencyComponent2",
+      "Version": "1",
+      "Description": null,
+      "Scope": null,
+      "Licenses": null,
+      "Copyright": null,
+      "Cpe": null,
+      "Purl": null,
+      "Swid": null,
+      "Modified": null,
+      "Pedigree": null,
+      "Evidence": null,
+      "ModelCard": null,
+      "CryptoProperties": null,
+      "XmlSignature": null,
+      "Signature": null
+    }
+  ],
+  "Dependencies": [
+    {
+      "Ref": "Component1",
+      "Dependencies": [
+        {
+          "Ref": "CommonDependencyComponent",
+          "Dependencies": null,
+          "Provides": null
+        },
+        {
+          "Ref": "OtherDependencyComponent",
+          "Dependencies": null,
+          "Provides": null
+        }
+      ],
+      "Provides": null
+    },
+    {
+      "Ref": "CommonDependencyComponent",
+      "Dependencies": [],
+      "Provides": null
+    },
+    {
+      "Ref": "OtherDependencyComponent",
+      "Dependencies": [],
+      "Provides": null
+    },
+    {
+      "Ref": "Component2",
+      "Dependencies": [
+        {
+          "Ref": "CommonDependencyComponent",
+          "Dependencies": null,
+          "Provides": null
+        },
+        {
+          "Ref": "OtherDependencyComponent2",
+          "Dependencies": null,
+          "Provides": null
+        }
+      ],
+      "Provides": null
+    },
+    {
+      "Ref": "OtherDependencyComponent2",
+      "Dependencies": [],
+      "Provides": null
+    }
+  ],
+  "Compositions": null,
+  "Definitions": null,
+  "XmlSignature": null,
+  "Signature": null
+}