diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 755b4c7fe..b003c4a54 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.nowinandroid.android.application.firebase)
     id("com.google.android.gms.oss-licenses-plugin")
     alias(libs.plugins.baselineprofile)
-    alias(libs.plugins.dependencyGuard)
 }
 
 android {
diff --git a/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/AndroidApplicationConventionPlugin.kt b/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/AndroidApplicationConventionPlugin.kt
index f73ed1478..cd8bcfeb0 100644
--- a/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/AndroidApplicationConventionPlugin.kt
+++ b/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/AndroidApplicationConventionPlugin.kt
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
  */
 
 import com.android.build.api.dsl.ApplicationExtension
-import com.google.samples.apps.nowinandroid.configureGradleManagedDevices
 import com.android.build.api.variant.ApplicationAndroidComponentsExtension
 import com.android.build.gradle.BaseExtension
 import com.google.samples.apps.nowinandroid.configureBadgingTasks
+import com.google.samples.apps.nowinandroid.configureGradleManagedDevices
 import com.google.samples.apps.nowinandroid.configureKotlinAndroid
 import com.google.samples.apps.nowinandroid.configurePrintApksTask
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class AndroidApplicationConventionPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
                 apply("com.android.application")
                 apply("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android")
                 apply("nowinandroid.android.lint")
+                apply("com.dropbox.dependency-guard")
             }
 
             extensions.configure<ApplicationExtension> {
@@ -47,4 +48,4 @@ class AndroidApplicationConventionPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
         }
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 7b54f9058..a2c39f493 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.baselineprofile) apply false
     alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.jvm) apply false
     alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.serialization) apply false
+    alias(libs.plugins.dependencyGuard) apply false
     alias(libs.plugins.firebase.crashlytics) apply false
     alias(libs.plugins.firebase.perf) apply false
     alias(libs.plugins.gms) apply false