diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index aff2188b5b..e91f5cdd26 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
+        // Please ensure that atomicfu-gradle-plugin is added to the classpath first, do not change the order, for details see #3984.
+        // The corresponding issue in kotlinx-atomicfu: https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-atomicfu/issues/384
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:atomicfu-gradle-plugin:$atomicfu_version"
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
         classpath "org.jetbrains.dokka:dokka-gradle-plugin:$dokka_version"
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:atomicfu-gradle-plugin:$atomicfu_version"
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-knit:$knit_version"
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:binary-compatibility-validator:$binary_compatibility_validator_version"
         classpath "ru.vyarus:gradle-animalsniffer-plugin:1.5.4" // Android API check