diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 49f863537..8724c20e4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ module github.com/operator-framework/operator-controller
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.1.4
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.19.0
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.3.1
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.22.1
+	github.com/operator-framework/deppy v0.0.0-20230102161649-36fa82370999
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.25.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.25.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.13.1
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4 // indirect
+	github.com/go-air/gini v1.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.5 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3a4aa4557..bae4d13cc 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0/go.mod h1:G79N1coSVB93tBe7j6PhzjmR3/2Vvl
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4 h1:jRbGcIw6P2Meqdwuo0H1p6JVLbL5DHKAKlYndzMwVZI=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4/go.mod h1:OVB6XrOHzAwXMpEM7uPOzcehqUV2UqJxmVXmkdnm1bU=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
+github.com/go-air/gini v1.0.4 h1:lteMAxHKNOAjIqazL/klOJJmxq6YxxSuJ17MnMXny+s=
+github.com/go-air/gini v1.0.4/go.mod h1:dd8RvT1xcv6N1da33okvBd8DhMh1/A4siGy6ErjTljs=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20191125211704-12ad95a8df72/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw/v3.3/glfw v0.0.0-20200222043503-6f7a984d4dc4/go.mod h1:tQ2UAYgL5IevRw8kRxooKSPJfGvJ9fJQFa0TUsXzTg8=
@@ -277,10 +279,12 @@ github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e h1:fD57ERR4JtEqsWb
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLANZcx1PVRCS0qkT7pwLkGfwJo4zjcN/Tysno=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.8 h1:nPr65rt6Y5JFSKQO7qToXr7pePgD6Gwiw05lkbyAQTE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5 h1:8xi0RTUf59SOSfEtZMvwTvXYMzG4gV23XVHOZiXNtnE=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.1.4 h1:GNapqRSid3zijZ9H77KrgVG4/8KqiyRsxcSxe+7ApXY=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.1.4/go.mod h1:um6tUpWM/cxCK3/FK8BXqEiUMUwRgSM4JXG47RKZmLU=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.19.0 h1:4ieX6qQjPP/BfC3mpsAtIGGlxTWPeA3Inl/7DtXw1tw=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.19.0/go.mod h1:LY+I3pBVzYsTBU1AnDwOSxaYi9WoWiqgwooUqq9yPro=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.3.1 h1:8SbseP7qM32WcvE6VaN6vfXxv698izmsJ1UQX9ve7T8=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.3.1/go.mod h1:Sv4yQXwG5VmF7tm3Q5Z+RWUpPo24LF1mpnz2crUb8Ys=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.22.1 h1:pY8O4lBfsHKZHM/6nrxkhVPUznOlIu3quZcKP/M20KI=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.22.1/go.mod h1:x6n7VNe4hw0vkyYUM4mjIXx3JbLiPaBPNgB7PRQ1tuM=
+github.com/operator-framework/deppy v0.0.0-20230102161649-36fa82370999 h1:3R+Bg57vgekyDqS0w9c7vHNsHck/bo6dkaby6U9wi/8=
+github.com/operator-framework/deppy v0.0.0-20230102161649-36fa82370999/go.mod h1:JaF7sX6tn7mpXcOehYjSHiKM1Y0z09vEfC6dca4AVuo=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
diff --git a/internal/resolution/deppy.go b/internal/resolution/deppy.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69c5fd503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/resolution/deppy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package resolution
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/operator-framework/deppy/pkg/deppy"
+	"github.com/operator-framework/deppy/pkg/deppy/input"
+)
+
+// this package is a placeholder for deppy/resolution related code
+// it is importing deppy to keep the library imported into the project
+// and not bumped due to lack of imports. It will be removed once we start
+// building out the olm deppy framework implementation here
+
+var _ input.EntitySource = &SomeEntitySource{}
+
+type SomeEntitySource struct {
+}
+
+func (s SomeEntitySource) Get(ctx context.Context, id deppy.Identifier) *input.Entity {
+	//TODO implement me
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+func (s SomeEntitySource) Filter(ctx context.Context, filter input.Predicate) (input.EntityList, error) {
+	//TODO implement me
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+func (s SomeEntitySource) GroupBy(ctx context.Context, fn input.GroupByFunction) (input.EntityListMap, error) {
+	//TODO implement me
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+func (s SomeEntitySource) Iterate(ctx context.Context, fn input.IteratorFunction) error {
+	//TODO implement me
+	panic("implement me")
+}