diff --git a/src/functionalTest/kotlin/kotlinx/kover/gradle/plugin/test/functional/cases/ArtifactGenerationTests.kt b/src/functionalTest/kotlin/kotlinx/kover/gradle/plugin/test/functional/cases/ArtifactGenerationTests.kt
index 98f5c2eb..bb18bc08 100644
--- a/src/functionalTest/kotlin/kotlinx/kover/gradle/plugin/test/functional/cases/ArtifactGenerationTests.kt
+++ b/src/functionalTest/kotlin/kotlinx/kover/gradle/plugin/test/functional/cases/ArtifactGenerationTests.kt
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
  */
 package kotlinx.kover.gradle.plugin.test.functional.cases
 
+import kotlinx.kover.gradle.plugin.test.functional.framework.checker.CheckerContext
 import kotlinx.kover.gradle.plugin.test.functional.framework.configurator.BuildConfigurator
+import kotlinx.kover.gradle.plugin.test.functional.framework.starter.ExamplesTest
 import kotlinx.kover.gradle.plugin.test.functional.framework.starter.GeneratedTest
+import kotlin.test.*
 
 internal class ArtifactGenerationTests {
 
@@ -21,4 +24,24 @@ internal class ArtifactGenerationTests {
             taskNotCalled("koverGenerateArtifact")
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Check that Kover artifact files are not resolved during the task dependency tree construction process.
+     *
+     * The task tree is built at the configuration stage, so getting artifacts from dependencies can lead to premature task launches, deadlocks, and performance degradation.
+     *
+     * If a resolution is detected during configuration, the message "Configuration 'koverExternalArtifactsRelease' was resolved during configuration time" is printed.
+     * This message may be changed in future versions, so it's worth double-checking for this error.
+     */
+    @ExamplesTest("android/multiproject", [":app:koverXmlReportRelease"])
+    fun CheckerContext.testResolveConfigurationInExecuteTime() {
+        assertFalse(
+            output.contains("Configuration 'koverExternalArtifactsRelease' was resolved during configuration time"),
+            "Kover Configuration was resolved during configuration time"
+        )
+        assertFalse(
+            output.contains("This is a build performance and scalability issue"),
+            "Some Configuration was resolved during configuration time, perhaps this is the Kover Configuration"
+        )
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/kover/gradle/plugin/tasks/AbstractKoverReportTask.kt b/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/kover/gradle/plugin/tasks/AbstractKoverReportTask.kt
index b2478945..56fe48d7 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/kover/gradle/plugin/tasks/AbstractKoverReportTask.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/kover/gradle/plugin/tasks/AbstractKoverReportTask.kt
@@ -33,20 +33,42 @@ internal abstract class AbstractKoverReportTask(@Internal protected val tool: Co
     val reportClasspath: ConfigurableFileCollection = project.objects.fileCollection()
 
     /**
-     * This will cause the task to be considered out-of-date when source files have changed.
+     * This will cause the task to be considered out-of-date when source files of dependencies have changed.
      */
     @get:InputFiles
     @get:PathSensitive(PathSensitivity.RELATIVE)
-    internal val sources: Collection<File>
-        get() = collectAllFiles().sources
+    internal val externalSources: Provider<Set<File>> = externalArtifacts.elements.map {
+        val content = ArtifactContent(emptySet(), emptySet(), emptySet())
+        content.joinWith(it.map { file -> file.asFile.parseArtifactFile() }).sources
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This will cause the task to be considered out-of-date when coverage measurements of dependencies have changed.
+     */
+    @get:InputFiles
+    @get:PathSensitive(PathSensitivity.RELATIVE)
+    internal val externalReports: Provider<Set<File>> = externalArtifacts.elements.map {
+        val content = ArtifactContent(emptySet(), emptySet(), emptySet())
+        content.joinWith(it.map { file -> file.asFile.parseArtifactFile() }).reports
+    }
 
     /**
-     * This will cause the task to be considered out-of-date when binary reports have changed.
+     * This will cause the task to be considered out-of-date when source files of this project have changed.
      */
     @get:InputFiles
     @get:PathSensitive(PathSensitivity.RELATIVE)
-    internal val reports: Collection<File>
-        get() = collectAllFiles().reports
+    internal val localSources: Provider<Set<File>> = localArtifact.map {
+        it.asFile.parseArtifactFile().sources
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This will cause the task to be considered out-of-date when coverage measurements of this project have changed.
+     */
+    @get:InputFiles
+    @get:PathSensitive(PathSensitivity.RELATIVE)
+    internal val localReports: Provider<Set<File>> = localArtifact.map {
+        it.asFile.parseArtifactFile().reports
+    }
 
     @get:Nested
     val toolVariant: CoverageToolVariant = tool.variant