diff --git a/detekt-cli/build.gradle.kts b/detekt-cli/build.gradle.kts
index edfd7cdd29a..d14b3203fe9 100644
--- a/detekt-cli/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/detekt-cli/build.gradle.kts
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.jcommander)
     implementation(projects.detektTooling)
     implementation(projects.detektParser)
+    implementation(libs.kotlin.compilerEmbeddable) {
+        version {
+            strictly(libs.versions.kotlin.get())
+        }
+    }
     runtimeOnly(projects.detektCore)
     runtimeOnly(projects.detektRules)