diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8a8dfef7..c726906c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 # SNAPSHOT
 
+#### Changed
+* `image-coil` - use `coil-base` as `api` dependency (would require explicit `coil` dependency)
+
 #### Fixed
 * `image-coil` - deliver image result if it loaded before request disposable is created ([#272])
 * `ext-tables` - fix column width rounding issue
diff --git a/app-sample/build.gradle b/app-sample/build.gradle
index 623c8bf2..9e827415 100644
--- a/app-sample/build.gradle
+++ b/app-sample/build.gradle
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ dependencies {
         implementation it['debug']
         implementation it['android-svg']
         implementation it['android-gif-impl']
+        implementation it['coil']
     }
 
     deps['test'].with {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 16b72580..5fb64e81 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ ext {
 
     final def commonMarkVersion = '0.13.0'
     final def daggerVersion = '2.10'
+    final def coilVersion = '0.10.1'
 
     // please note that `pl.droidsonroids.gif:android-gif-drawable:1.2.15` is used due to the minimum
     // api level mismatch that Markwon supports (16) and later versions of AndroidGifDrawable (17).
@@ -86,7 +87,8 @@ ext {
             'dagger'                  : "com.google.dagger:dagger:$daggerVersion",
             'picasso'                 : 'com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.71828',
             'glide'                   : 'com.github.bumptech.glide:glide:4.9.0',
-            'coil'                    : 'io.coil-kt:coil:0.10.1',
+            'coil'                    : "io.coil-kt:coil:$coilVersion",
+            'coil-base'               : "io.coil-kt:coil-base:$coilVersion",
             'ix-java'                 : 'com.github.akarnokd:ixjava:1.0.0',
             'gson'                    : 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.6',
             'commons-io'              : 'commons-io:commons-io:2.6'
diff --git a/docs/docs/v4/image-coil/README.md b/docs/docs/v4/image-coil/README.md
index 5227ed7b..3e9a918b 100644
--- a/docs/docs/v4/image-coil/README.md
+++ b/docs/docs/v4/image-coil/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <MavenBadge4 :artifact="'image-coil'" />
 
-Image loading based on `Coil` library
+Image loading based on `Coil` library.
 
 ```kotlin
 val markwon = Markwon.builder(context)
@@ -33,3 +33,8 @@ val markwon = Markwon.builder(context)
         }, customImageLoader))
         .build()
 ```
+
+:::warning
+In order to use the `CoilImagesPlugin.create(Context)` factory method your
+app must have **explicit** dependency on `coil` library
+:::
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diff --git a/markwon-image-coil/build.gradle b/markwon-image-coil/build.gradle
index aa760dfb..42d36848 100644
--- a/markwon-image-coil/build.gradle
+++ b/markwon-image-coil/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     api project(':markwon-core')
-    api deps['coil']
+
+    // @since $SNAPSHOT; declare `coil-base` as api dependency (would require users
+    //  to have explicit coil dependency)
+    api deps['coil-base']
+    compileOnly deps['coil']
 }
 
 registerArtifact(this)