diff --git a/src/lib/features/dependent-features/createDependentFeaturesService.ts b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/createDependentFeaturesService.ts
index f0b3afb099f3..5855629bd6c6 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/dependent-features/createDependentFeaturesService.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/createDependentFeaturesService.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,27 @@
 import { Db } from '../../db/db';
 import { DependentFeaturesService } from './dependent-features-service';
 import { DependentFeaturesStore } from './dependent-features-store';
+import { DependentFeaturesReadModel } from './dependent-features-read-model';
+import { FakeDependentFeaturesStore } from './fake-dependent-features-store';
+import { FakeDependentFeaturesReadModel } from './fake-dependent-features-read-model';
 
 export const createDependentFeaturesService = (
     db: Db,
 ): DependentFeaturesService => {
     const dependentFeaturesStore = new DependentFeaturesStore(db);
-    return new DependentFeaturesService(dependentFeaturesStore);
+    const dependentFeaturesReadModel = new DependentFeaturesReadModel(db);
+    return new DependentFeaturesService(
+        dependentFeaturesStore,
+        dependentFeaturesReadModel,
+    );
 };
+
+export const createFakeDependentFeaturesService =
+    (): DependentFeaturesService => {
+        const dependentFeaturesStore = new FakeDependentFeaturesStore();
+        const dependentFeaturesReadModel = new FakeDependentFeaturesReadModel();
+        return new DependentFeaturesService(
+            dependentFeaturesStore,
+            dependentFeaturesReadModel,
+        );
+    };
diff --git a/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-read-model-type.ts b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-read-model-type.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..171b8c894034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-read-model-type.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export interface IDependentFeaturesReadModel {
+    getChildren(parent: string): Promise<string[]>;
+    getParents(child: string): Promise<string[]>;
+    getParentOptions(child: string): Promise<string[]>;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-read-model.ts b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-read-model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a0a3659631de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-read-model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { Db } from '../../db/db';
+import { IDependentFeaturesReadModel } from './dependent-features-read-model-type';
+
+export class DependentFeaturesReadModel implements IDependentFeaturesReadModel {
+    private db: Db;
+
+    constructor(db: Db) {
+        this.db = db;
+    }
+
+    async getChildren(parent: string): Promise<string[]> {
+        const rows = await this.db('dependent_features').where(
+            'parent',
+            parent,
+        );
+
+        return rows.map((row) => row.child);
+    }
+
+    async getParents(child: string): Promise<string[]> {
+        const rows = await this.db('dependent_features').where('child', child);
+
+        return rows.map((row) => row.parent);
+    }
+
+    async getParentOptions(child: string): Promise<string[]> {
+        const result = await this.db('features as f')
+            .where('f.name', child)
+            .select('f.project');
+        if (result.length === 0) {
+            return [];
+        }
+        const rows = await this.db('features as f')
+            .leftJoin('dependent_features as df', 'f.name', 'df.child')
+            .where('f.project', result[0].project)
+            .andWhere('f.name', '!=', child)
+            .andWhere('df.child', null)
+            .select('f.name');
+
+        return rows.map((item) => item.name);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-service.ts b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-service.ts
index 91aece1a358d..4ee6ac38486d 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-service.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,19 @@ import { InvalidOperationError } from '../../error';
 import { CreateDependentFeatureSchema } from '../../openapi';
 import { IDependentFeaturesStore } from './dependent-features-store-type';
 import { FeatureDependency, FeatureDependencyId } from './dependent-features';
+import { IDependentFeaturesReadModel } from './dependent-features-read-model-type';
 
 export class DependentFeaturesService {
     private dependentFeaturesStore: IDependentFeaturesStore;
 
-    constructor(dependentFeaturesStore: IDependentFeaturesStore) {
+    private dependentFeaturesReadModel: IDependentFeaturesReadModel;
+
+    constructor(
+        dependentFeaturesStore: IDependentFeaturesStore,
+        dependentFeaturesReadModel: IDependentFeaturesReadModel,
+    ) {
         this.dependentFeaturesStore = dependentFeaturesStore;
+        this.dependentFeaturesReadModel = dependentFeaturesReadModel;
     }
 
     async upsertFeatureDependency(
@@ -16,7 +23,9 @@ export class DependentFeaturesService {
     ): Promise<void> {
         const { enabled, feature: parent, variants } = dependentFeature;
 
-        const children = await this.dependentFeaturesStore.getChildren(child);
+        const children = await this.dependentFeaturesReadModel.getChildren(
+            child,
+        );
         if (children.length > 0) {
             throw new InvalidOperationError(
                 'Transitive dependency detected. Cannot add a dependency to the feature that other features depend on.',
@@ -50,6 +59,6 @@ export class DependentFeaturesService {
     }
 
     async getParentOptions(feature: string): Promise<string[]> {
-        return this.dependentFeaturesStore.getParentOptions(feature);
+        return this.dependentFeaturesReadModel.getParentOptions(feature);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-store-type.ts b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-store-type.ts
index 6f841b662a6e..7ea3a5a0f16c 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-store-type.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-store-type.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ import { FeatureDependency, FeatureDependencyId } from './dependent-features';
 
 export interface IDependentFeaturesStore {
     upsert(featureDependency: FeatureDependency): Promise<void>;
-    getChildren(parent: string): Promise<string[]>;
     delete(dependency: FeatureDependencyId): Promise<void>;
     deleteAll(child: string): Promise<void>;
-    getParentOptions(child: string): Promise<string[]>;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-store.ts b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-store.ts
index e7768a1dcff7..a0ccd3c08535 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/dependent-features-store.ts
@@ -34,32 +34,6 @@ export class DependentFeaturesStore implements IDependentFeaturesStore {
             .merge();
     }
 
-    async getChildren(parent: string): Promise<string[]> {
-        const rows = await this.db('dependent_features').where(
-            'parent',
-            parent,
-        );
-
-        return rows.map((row) => row.child);
-    }
-
-    async getParentOptions(child: string): Promise<string[]> {
-        const result = await this.db('features as f')
-            .where('f.name', child)
-            .select('f.project');
-        if (result.length === 0) {
-            return [];
-        }
-        const rows = await this.db('features as f')
-            .leftJoin('dependent_features as df', 'f.name', 'df.child')
-            .where('f.project', result[0].project)
-            .andWhere('f.name', '!=', child)
-            .andWhere('df.child', null)
-            .select('f.name');
-
-        return rows.map((item) => item.name);
-    }
-
     async delete(dependency: FeatureDependencyId): Promise<void> {
         await this.db('dependent_features')
             .where('parent', dependency.parent)
diff --git a/src/lib/features/dependent-features/fake-dependent-features-read-model.ts b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/fake-dependent-features-read-model.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..86efe5fee9da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/fake-dependent-features-read-model.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { IDependentFeaturesReadModel } from './dependent-features-read-model-type';
+
+export class FakeDependentFeaturesReadModel
+    implements IDependentFeaturesReadModel
+{
+    getChildren(): Promise<string[]> {
+        return Promise.resolve([]);
+    }
+
+    getParents(): Promise<string[]> {
+        return Promise.resolve([]);
+    }
+
+    getParentOptions(): Promise<string[]> {
+        return Promise.resolve([]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/features/dependent-features/fake-dependent-features-store.ts b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/fake-dependent-features-store.ts
index bc6d4955a3e6..5df0fc5690e8 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/dependent-features/fake-dependent-features-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/dependent-features/fake-dependent-features-store.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,6 @@ export class FakeDependentFeaturesStore implements IDependentFeaturesStore {
         return Promise.resolve();
     }
 
-    getChildren(): Promise<string[]> {
-        return Promise.resolve([]);
-    }
-
-    getParentOptions(): Promise<string[]> {
-        return Promise.resolve([]);
-    }
-
     delete(): Promise<void> {
         return Promise.resolve();
     }
diff --git a/src/lib/services/index.ts b/src/lib/services/index.ts
index d4818a12bceb..af1320ff2581 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/index.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ import {
     createGetActiveUsers,
 } from '../features/instance-stats/getActiveUsers';
 import { DependentFeaturesService } from '../features/dependent-features/dependent-features-service';
-import { createDependentFeaturesService } from '../features/dependent-features/createDependentFeaturesService';
+import {
+    createDependentFeaturesService,
+    createFakeDependentFeaturesService,
+} from '../features/dependent-features/createDependentFeaturesService';
 
 // TODO: will be moved to scheduler feature directory
 export const scheduleServices = async (
@@ -303,9 +306,9 @@ export const createServices = (
 
     const eventAnnouncerService = new EventAnnouncerService(stores, config);
 
-    const dependentFeaturesService = new DependentFeaturesService(
-        stores.dependentFeaturesStore,
-    );
+    const dependentFeaturesService = db
+        ? createDependentFeaturesService(db)
+        : createFakeDependentFeaturesService();
     const transactionalDependentFeaturesService = (txDb: Knex.Transaction) =>
         createDependentFeaturesService(txDb);
 
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/api/client/feature.e2e.test.ts b/src/test/e2e/api/client/feature.e2e.test.ts
index 57c9194fa205..4e32d5f3945d 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/api/client/feature.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/e2e/api/client/feature.e2e.test.ts
@@ -13,14 +13,18 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
     db = await dbInit('feature_api_client', getLogger, {
         experimental: { flags: { dependentFeatures: true } },
     });
-    app = await setupAppWithCustomConfig(db.stores, {
-        experimental: {
-            flags: {
-                strictSchemaValidation: true,
-                featureNamingPattern: true,
+    app = await setupAppWithCustomConfig(
+        db.stores,
+        {
+            experimental: {
+                flags: {
+                    strictSchemaValidation: true,
+                    featureNamingPattern: true,
+                },
             },
         },
-    });
+        db.rawDatabase,
+    );
     await app.services.featureToggleServiceV2.createFeatureToggle(
         'default',
         {