diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 02365098d1..d6c135cb2d 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
         "ext-iconv": "*",
         "ext-vips": "*",
         "alchemy/zippy": "v0.5.x-dev",
-        "embed/embed": "^4.3",
         "erusev/parsedown": "^1.7",
         "lstrojny/functional-php": "^1.11",
         "nyholm/psr7": "^1.4",
diff --git a/plugins/Embed/composer.json b/plugins/Embed/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2bcb50e6e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/Embed/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "require": {
+    "embed/embed": "^4.3"
+  }
+}