diff --git a/e2e/tasks/test_task_depends_post b/e2e/tasks/test_task_depends_post
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4123ff138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/tasks/test_task_depends_post
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# ensures depends_post and depends can be used on separate tasks
+cat <<EOF >mise.toml
+[tasks.one]
+run = "echo one"
+
+[tasks.two]
+depends = ["one"]
+run = "echo two"
+
+[tasks.three]
+depends_post = ["two"]
+run = "echo three"
+EOF
+assert "mise task deps" "one
+three
+two
+├── three
+└── one"
+assert "mise run three"
+
+# TODO: this does not work with how mise is designed currently. Tasks can only ever be run once per run session. This will require hefty refactoring if it is ever supported
+# uses depends and depends_post on the same task
+#cat <<EOF >mise.toml
+#tasks."util:donothing" = ""
+#[tasks.hi]
+#depends = "util:donothing"
+#run = "echo hi"
+#depends_post = "util:donothing"
+#EOF
+#assert "mise run hi"
diff --git a/src/task/deps.rs b/src/task/deps.rs
index b28199c3f6..b99a774d95 100644
--- a/src/task/deps.rs
+++ b/src/task/deps.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ impl Deps {
         let mut graph = DiGraph::new();
         let mut indexes = HashMap::new();
         let mut stack = vec![];
+        let mut seen = HashSet::new();
 
         let mut add_idx = |task: &Task, graph: &mut DiGraph<Task, ()>| {
             *indexes
@@ -45,6 +46,10 @@ impl Deps {
             .flatten_ok()
             .collect::<eyre::Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
         while let Some(a) = stack.pop() {
+            if seen.contains(&a) {
+                // prevent infinite loop
+                continue;
+            }
             let a_idx = add_idx(&a, &mut graph);
             let (pre, post) = a.resolve_depends(&all_tasks_to_run)?;
             for b in pre {
@@ -57,6 +62,7 @@ impl Deps {
                 graph.update_edge(b_idx, a_idx, ());
                 stack.push(b.clone());
             }
+            seen.insert(a);
         }
         let (tx, _) = channel::unbounded();
         let sent = HashSet::new();
diff --git a/src/task/mod.rs b/src/task/mod.rs
index 0d07a6a0ea..af1f7d9cc9 100644
--- a/src/task/mod.rs
+++ b/src/task/mod.rs
@@ -264,8 +264,11 @@ impl Task {
             .filter_ok(|t| t.name != self.name)
             .collect::<Result<Vec<_>>>()?;
         for dep in depends.clone() {
-            depends.extend(dep.all_depends()?);
+            let mut extra = dep.all_depends()?;
+            extra.retain(|t| t.name != self.name); // prevent depending on ourself
+            depends.extend(extra);
         }
+        let depends = depends.into_iter().unique().collect();
         Ok(depends)
     }