diff --git a/internal/fileutil/yaml.go b/internal/fileutil/yaml.go
index 10888aa..419b5ad 100644
--- a/internal/fileutil/yaml.go
+++ b/internal/fileutil/yaml.go
@@ -91,7 +91,23 @@ func FindSubdirsOfMatching(path string, matching []string) []string {
 	return dirs
 }
 
-func FindYAMLFiles(path string, name ...string) []string {
+func FindYAMLFilesByName(path string, name ...string) []string {
+	return FindYAMLFiles(path, func(f string) bool {
+		for _, ext := range []string{".yaml", ".yml"} {
+			for _, n := range name {
+				if n+ext != f {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+
+		return false
+	})
+}
+
+func FindYAMLFiles(path string, match func(string) bool) []string {
 	var files []string
 
 	pathMap := make(map[string]struct{})
@@ -110,19 +126,13 @@ func FindYAMLFiles(path string, name ...string) []string {
 				return nil
 			}
 
-			for _, ext := range []string{".yaml", ".yml"} {
-				for _, n := range name {
-					if n+ext != info.Name() {
-						continue
-					}
-
-					files = append(files, path)
-					pathMap[path] = struct{}{}
-
-					return nil
-				}
+			if !match(info.Name()) {
+				return nil
 			}
 
+			files = append(files, path)
+			pathMap[path] = struct{}{}
+
 			return nil
 		})
 
diff --git a/pkg/config/app.go b/pkg/config/app.go
index c5d5c95..3029992 100644
--- a/pkg/config/app.go
+++ b/pkg/config/app.go
@@ -67,12 +67,17 @@ func (i *AppDeployInfo) Proto() *apiv1.AppDeployInfo {
 }
 
 type AppNeed struct {
+	Dep   string                 `yaml:"dependency,omitempty"`
 	Other map[string]interface{} `yaml:"-,remain"`
 
 	dep *Dependency
 }
 
 func (n *AppNeed) Normalize(name string, cfg *Project, data []byte) error {
+	if n.Dep != "" {
+		name = n.Dep
+	}
+
 	dep := cfg.DependencyByName(name)
 	if dep == nil {
 		return fileutil.YAMLError(fmt.Sprintf("$.needs.%s", name), fmt.Sprintf("'%s' not found in project dependencies", name), data)
diff --git a/pkg/config/project.go b/pkg/config/project.go
index fc4dd2b..7f44769 100644
--- a/pkg/config/project.go
+++ b/pkg/config/project.go
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ import (
 	apiv1 "github.com/outblocks/outblocks-plugin-go/gen/api/v1"
 	plugin_util "github.com/outblocks/outblocks-plugin-go/util"
 	"github.com/pterm/pterm"
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
 
 const (
-	ProjectYAMLName = "project.outblocks"
-	LockfileName    = "outblocks.lock"
-	AppYAMLName     = "app.outblocks"
+	ProjectYAMLName   = "project.outblocks"
+	LockfileName      = "outblocks.lock"
+	AppYAMLName       = "app.outblocks"
+	AppYAMLNameSuffix = ".app.outblocks"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -196,7 +198,26 @@ func (p *Project) LoadApps(mode LoadMode) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	files := fileutil.FindYAMLFiles(p.Dir, AppYAMLNames...)
+	files := fileutil.FindYAMLFiles(p.Dir, func(f string) bool {
+		idx := strings.LastIndex(f, ".")
+		if idx == -1 {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		ext := f[idx+1:]
+
+		if ext != "yaml" && ext != "yml" {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		name := f[:idx]
+
+		if slices.Contains(AppYAMLNames, name) {
+			return true
+		}
+
+		return strings.HasSuffix(name, AppYAMLNameSuffix)
+	})
 
 	if err := p.LoadAppFiles(files, mode); err != nil {
 		return err