diff --git a/crates/bevy_macro_utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_macro_utils/Cargo.toml
index 28ee17c871..4fb0e8291b 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_macro_utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_macro_utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ keywords = ["bevy"]
 syn = "2.0"
 quote = "1.0"
 proc-macro2 = "1.0"
-cargo-manifest-proc-macros = "0.3.3"
+cargo-manifest-proc-macros = "0.3.4"
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/bevy_macro_utils/src/bevy_manifest.rs b/crates/bevy_macro_utils/src/bevy_manifest.rs
index 5a492f8a81..825ff725a2 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_macro_utils/src/bevy_manifest.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_macro_utils/src/bevy_manifest.rs
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ impl BevyManifest {
     /// Returns the path for the crate with the given name.
     pub fn get_path(&self, name: &str) -> syn::Path {
         self.maybe_get_path(name)
-            //.expect("Failed to get path for crate")
-            .unwrap_or_else(|_err| Self::parse_str(name))
+            .expect("Failed to get path for crate")
     }
 
     /// Attempt to parse the provided [path](str) as a [syntax tree node](syn::parse::Parse)
diff --git a/tests-integration/simple-ecs-test/Cargo.toml b/tests-integration/simple-ecs-test/Cargo.toml
index 0440338bb4..b61c40eb6c 100644
--- a/tests-integration/simple-ecs-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests-integration/simple-ecs-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,5 +2,10 @@
 name = "simple-ecs-test"
 edition = "2021"
 
+# We depend on bevy in both normal and dev dependencies to verify that the proc macros still work.
+
 [dependencies]
 bevy = { path = "../../" }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+bevy = { path = "../../" }