diff --git a/cmd/gotk/create_helmrelease.go b/cmd/gotk/create_helmrelease.go
index 562b611564d858992b4d1db2b9ffc168182ac75e..2b6a61f5828cf35f228aa52991eebf246afa2b2c 100644
--- a/cmd/gotk/create_helmrelease.go
+++ b/cmd/gotk/create_helmrelease.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func init() {
 	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringVar(&hrSource, "source", "", "source that contains the chart (<kind>/<name>)")
 	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringVar(&hrChart, "chart", "", "Helm chart name or path")
 	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringVar(&hrChartVersion, "chart-version", "", "Helm chart version, accepts a semver range (ignored for charts from GitRepository sources)")
-	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&hrDependsOn, "depends-on", nil, "HelmReleases that must be ready before this release can be installed")
+	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&hrDependsOn, "depends-on", nil, "HelmReleases that must be ready before this release can be installed, supported formats '<name>' and '<namespace>/<name>'")
 	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringVar(&hrTargetNamespace, "target-namespace", "", "namespace to install this release, defaults to the HelmRelease namespace")
 	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringVar(&hrValuesFile, "values", "", "local path to the values.yaml file")
 	createCmd.AddCommand(createHelmReleaseCmd)
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func createHelmReleaseCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		},
 		Spec: helmv2.HelmReleaseSpec{
 			ReleaseName: hrName,
-			DependsOn:   hrDependsOn,
+			DependsOn:   utils.makeDependsOn(hrDependsOn),
 			Interval: metav1.Duration{
 				Duration: interval,
 			},
diff --git a/cmd/gotk/create_kustomization.go b/cmd/gotk/create_kustomization.go
index 95364dbe5a807be3c59b5bebcaf77f63b6b1dd33..e5898692a8528b361430c719d788cdc0d848b1d5 100644
--- a/cmd/gotk/create_kustomization.go
+++ b/cmd/gotk/create_kustomization.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func init() {
 	createKsCmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&ksHealthCheck, "health-check", nil, "workload to be included in the health assessment, in the format '<kind>/<name>.<namespace>'")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().DurationVar(&ksHealthTimeout, "health-check-timeout", 2*time.Minute, "timeout of health checking operations")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&ksValidation, "validation", "", "validate the manifests before applying them on the cluster, can be 'client' or 'server'")
-	createKsCmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&ksDependsOn, "depends-on", nil, "Kustomization that must be ready before this Kustomization can be applied")
+	createKsCmd.Flags().StringArrayVar(&ksDependsOn, "depends-on", nil, "Kustomization that must be ready before this Kustomization can be applied, supported formats '<name>' and '<namespace>/<name>'")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&ksSAName, "sa-name", "", "service account name")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&ksSANamespace, "sa-namespace", "", "service account namespace")
 	createKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&ksDecryptionProvider, "decryption-provider", "", "enables secrets decryption, provider can be 'sops'")
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func createKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			Labels:    ksLabels,
 		},
 		Spec: kustomizev1.KustomizationSpec{
-			DependsOn: ksDependsOn,
+			DependsOn: utils.makeDependsOn(hrDependsOn),
 			Interval: metav1.Duration{
 				Duration: interval,
 			},
diff --git a/cmd/gotk/utils.go b/cmd/gotk/utils.go
index 16d0d6bf9fdc78a44ecbf618f120407a7d0bc3f1..e1e7c75209423835721feba4c9f9fd31734f7db5 100644
--- a/cmd/gotk/utils.go
+++ b/cmd/gotk/utils.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 
 	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2alpha1"
 	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/dependency"
 	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1alpha1"
 )
 
@@ -177,3 +179,23 @@ func (*Utils) containsItemString(s []string, e string) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+func (*Utils) makeDependsOn(deps []string) []dependency.CrossNamespaceDependencyReference {
+	refs := []dependency.CrossNamespaceDependencyReference{}
+	for _, dep := range deps {
+		parts := strings.Split(dep, "/")
+		depNamespace := ""
+		depName := ""
+		if len(parts) > 1 {
+			depNamespace = parts[0]
+			depName = parts[1]
+		} else {
+			depName = parts[0]
+		}
+		refs = append(refs, dependency.CrossNamespaceDependencyReference{
+			Namespace: depNamespace,
+			Name:      depName,
+		})
+	}
+	return refs
+}
diff --git a/docs/cmd/gotk_create_helmrelease.md b/docs/cmd/gotk_create_helmrelease.md
index e1d254f4e3147d1044b331b0a0cd77d5f7e3369f..09e9803a00ff639c5bac102d72f130a77799dd62 100644
--- a/docs/cmd/gotk_create_helmrelease.md
+++ b/docs/cmd/gotk_create_helmrelease.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ gotk create helmrelease [name] [flags]
 ```
       --chart string              Helm chart name or path
       --chart-version string      Helm chart version, accepts a semver range (ignored for charts from GitRepository sources)
-      --depends-on stringArray    HelmReleases that must be ready before this release can be installed
+      --depends-on stringArray    HelmReleases that must be ready before this release can be installed, supported formats '<name>' and '<namespace>/<name>'
   -h, --help                      help for helmrelease
       --release-name string       name used for the Helm release, defaults to a composition of '[<target-namespace>-]<hr-name>'
       --source string             source that contains the chart (<kind>/<name>)
diff --git a/docs/cmd/gotk_create_kustomization.md b/docs/cmd/gotk_create_kustomization.md
index 3f0ad7cad8d42bf55f8d350aa356d545824ff4e1..436cc329e83b42bb24886223b944984bbe100a55 100644
--- a/docs/cmd/gotk_create_kustomization.md
+++ b/docs/cmd/gotk_create_kustomization.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ gotk create kustomization [name] [flags]
 ```
       --decryption-provider string      enables secrets decryption, provider can be 'sops'
       --decryption-secret string        set the Kubernetes secret name that contains the OpenPGP private keys used for sops decryption
-      --depends-on stringArray          Kustomization that must be ready before this Kustomization can be applied
+      --depends-on stringArray          Kustomization that must be ready before this Kustomization can be applied, supported formats '<name>' and '<namespace>/<name>'
       --health-check stringArray        workload to be included in the health assessment, in the format '<kind>/<name>.<namespace>'
       --health-check-timeout duration   timeout of health checking operations (default 2m0s)
   -h, --help                            help for kustomization