diff --git a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/HiltGradlePlugin.kt b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/HiltGradlePlugin.kt
index 20390657ccd..fc298515f29 100644
--- a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/HiltGradlePlugin.kt
+++ b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/main/kotlin/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/HiltGradlePlugin.kt
@@ -92,15 +92,13 @@ class HiltGradlePlugin : Plugin<Project> {
     val dependencies = project.configurations.flatMap { configuration ->
       configuration.dependencies.map { dependency -> dependency.group to dependency.name }
     }
-    // TODO(user): Consider also validating Dagger compiler dependency.
-    listOf(
-      LIBRARY_GROUP to "hilt-android",
-      LIBRARY_GROUP to "hilt-android-compiler"
-    ).filterNot { dependencies.contains(it) }.forEach { (groupId, artifactId) ->
-      error(
-        "The Hilt Android Gradle plugin is applied but no $groupId:$artifactId dependency " +
-          "was found."
-      )
+    if (!dependencies.contains(LIBRARY_GROUP to "hilt-android")) {
+      error(missingDepError("$LIBRARY_GROUP:hilt-android"))
+    }
+    if (!dependencies.contains(LIBRARY_GROUP to "hilt-android-compiler") &&
+      !dependencies.contains(LIBRARY_GROUP to "hilt-compiler")
+    ) {
+      error(missingDepError("$LIBRARY_GROUP:hilt-compiler"))
     }
   }
 
@@ -110,5 +108,8 @@ class HiltGradlePlugin : Plugin<Project> {
       "dagger.fastInit" to "enabled",
       "dagger.hilt.android.internal.disableAndroidSuperclassValidation" to "true"
     )
+    val missingDepError: (String) -> String = { depCoordinate ->
+      "The Hilt Android Gradle plugin is applied but no $depCoordinate dependency was found."
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/test/kotlin/HiltGradlePluginTest.kt b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/test/kotlin/HiltGradlePluginTest.kt
index 7ea3bfe93f3..c0cf71ea9cc 100644
--- a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/test/kotlin/HiltGradlePluginTest.kt
+++ b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/test/kotlin/HiltGradlePluginTest.kt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class HiltGradlePluginTest {
     gradleTransformRunner.addDependencies(
       "implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'",
       "implementation 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'",
-      "annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'"
+      "annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'"
     )
     gradleTransformRunner.addActivities(
       "<activity android:name=\".MainActivity\"/>"
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class HiltGradlePluginTest {
     gradleTransformRunner.addDependencies(
       "implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'",
       "implementation 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'",
-      "annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'"
+      "annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'"
     )
 
     gradleTransformRunner.addSrc(
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class HiltGradlePluginTest {
     gradleTransformRunner.addDependencies(
       "implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'",
       "implementation 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'",
-      "annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'"
+      "annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'"
     )
 
     gradleTransformRunner.addSrc(
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class HiltGradlePluginTest {
     gradleTransformRunner.addDependencies(
       "implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'",
       "implementation 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'",
-      "annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'"
+      "annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'"
     )
 
     gradleTransformRunner.addSrc(
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class HiltGradlePluginTest {
     val result = gradleTransformRunner.buildAndFail()
     assertThat(result.getOutput()).contains(
       "The Hilt Android Gradle plugin is applied but no " +
-        "com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler dependency was found."
+        "com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler dependency was found."
     )
   }
 
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class HiltGradlePluginTest {
     gradleTransformRunner.addDependencies(
       "implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'",
       "implementation 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'",
-      "annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'"
+      "annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'"
     )
 
     val srcFile = gradleTransformRunner.addSrc(
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class HiltGradlePluginTest {
     gradleTransformRunner.addDependencies(
       "implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'",
       "implementation 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'",
-      "annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'"
+      "annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'"
     )
 
     gradleTransformRunner.addSrcPackage("ui/")
diff --git a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/test/kotlin/IncrementalProcessorTest.kt b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/test/kotlin/IncrementalProcessorTest.kt
index 55021b2c6cb..631a58fa0dd 100644
--- a/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/test/kotlin/IncrementalProcessorTest.kt
+++ b/java/dagger/hilt/android/plugin/src/test/kotlin/IncrementalProcessorTest.kt
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class IncrementalProcessorTest {
         implementation 'com.google.dagger:dagger:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'
         annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'
         implementation 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'
-        annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'
+        annotationProcessor 'com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'
       }
       """.trimIndent()
     )
diff --git a/javatests/artifacts/hilt-android/simple/app/build.gradle b/javatests/artifacts/hilt-android/simple/app/build.gradle
index 417b0608260..6ead8809f2b 100644
--- a/javatests/artifacts/hilt-android/simple/app/build.gradle
+++ b/javatests/artifacts/hilt-android/simple/app/build.gradle
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation project(':lib')
   implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
   implementation "com.google.dagger:hilt-android:$dagger_version"
-  annotationProcessor "com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler:$dagger_version"
+  annotationProcessor "com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:$dagger_version"
 
   testImplementation 'com.google.truth:truth:1.0.1'
   testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13'
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation 'androidx.test:runner:1.2.0'
   testImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'
   testImplementation "com.google.dagger:hilt-android-testing:$dagger_version"
-  testAnnotationProcessor "com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler:$dagger_version"
+  testAnnotationProcessor "com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:$dagger_version"
 
   androidTestImplementation 'com.google.truth:truth:1.0.1'
   androidTestImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13'
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ dependencies {
   androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test:runner:1.2.0'
   androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.2.0'
   androidTestImplementation "com.google.dagger:hilt-android-testing:$dagger_version"
-  androidTestAnnotationProcessor "com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler:$dagger_version"
+  androidTestAnnotationProcessor "com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:$dagger_version"
 
   // To help us catch usages of Guava APIs for Java 8 in the '-jre' variant.
   annotationProcessor'com.google.guava:guava:28.1-android'
diff --git a/javatests/artifacts/hilt-android/simple/feature/build.gradle b/javatests/artifacts/hilt-android/simple/feature/build.gradle
index c73b4a51b09..35576837130 100644
--- a/javatests/artifacts/hilt-android/simple/feature/build.gradle
+++ b/javatests/artifacts/hilt-android/simple/feature/build.gradle
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
     implementation "com.google.dagger:hilt-android:$dagger_version"
-    kapt "com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler:$dagger_version"
+    kapt "com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:$dagger_version"
 }
diff --git a/javatests/artifacts/hilt-android/simpleKotlin/app/build.gradle b/javatests/artifacts/hilt-android/simpleKotlin/app/build.gradle
index a6b70334624..3f42cb1172f 100644
--- a/javatests/artifacts/hilt-android/simpleKotlin/app/build.gradle
+++ b/javatests/artifacts/hilt-android/simpleKotlin/app/build.gradle
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0'
 
     implementation 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'
-    kapt 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'
+    kapt 'com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'
 
     testImplementation 'com.google.truth:truth:1.0.1'
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13'
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@ dependencies {
     // TODO(bcorso): This multidex dep shouldn't be required -- it's a dep for the generated code.
     testImplementation 'androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.0'
     testImplementation 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android-testing:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'
-    kaptTest 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'
+    kaptTest 'com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:LOCAL-SNAPSHOT'
 }