What is the current procedure to add Hilt dependencies to a Kotlin project?

I am trying to set up basic Hilt dependency injection in a new project. This is a brand-new project with no added files.

Android Studio version is Hedgehog (2023.1.1) Patch 2.
I chose New Project >> Phone and Tablet >> "Empty Activity" as the project type.
I left all defaults (API 26, Android 8.0; Kotlin DSL) as-is except the project name.

Other's solutions for the error below apparently worked in the past, but standards have changed. For example, most solutions recommend using kapt, but kapt has been moved to maintenance mode with a recommendation to use ksp. Yet the KSP API lists Hilt support as 'in progress'. Kapt errors are mentioned below.

Existing solutions did not work for me, or I am overlooking something being new to Hilt. For reference, I've completed two full stack apps in Android Studio coded in Kotlin without using Hilt.

Current Gradle project sync error:

Plugin Repositories (could not resolve plugin artifact 'com.google.dagger.hilt.android.gradle.plugin:com.google.dagger.hilt.android.gradle.plugin.gradle.plugin:2.48')
Searched in the following repositories:
Google
MavenRepo
Gradle Central Plugin Repository

On returning this error the IDE points to the Plugins section of the Project level build.gradle.kts. Note below that I am using Hilt version 2.48 to reduce possible compatibility conflicts 2.50 may have with other libraries. I have tried 2.40, 2.44, and 2.50 with the same result (aside from the listed version number of course).

Below is the settings.gradle.kts:

pluginManagement {
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
        gradlePluginPortal()
    }
}
dependencyResolutionManagement {
    repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
    }
}
rootProject.name = "My Project"
include(":app")

Project level build.gradle.kts:

    repositories {
        google()
        mavenCentral()
    }
}
plugins {
    id("com.android.application") version "8.2.2" apply false
    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android") version "1.9.0" apply false
    kotlin("kapt") version "1.9.22"
    id("com.google.dagger.hilt.android.gradle.plugin") version "2.48" apply false
}

App level build.gradle.kts:

plugins {
    // order is important here
    id("com.android.application")
    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android")
    id("kotlin-kapt")
    id("com.google.dagger.hilt.android")
}

android {
    namespace = "com.mydomain.myproject"
    compileSdk = 34

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId = "com.mydomain.myproject"
        minSdk = 26
        targetSdk = 34
        versionCode = 136
        versionName = "1.36"

        testInstrumentationRunner = "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            isMinifyEnabled = false
            proguardFiles(getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro")
        }
    }
    // Enable Jetpack Compose
    buildFeatures {  compose = true }
    // Set the Compose compiler version
    composeOptions { kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion = "1.4.0" }
    compileOptions {
        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    }
    kotlinOptions {
        jvmTarget = "1.8"
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation("androidx.core:core-ktx:1.12.0")
    testImplementation("junit:junit:4.13.2")
    androidTestImplementation("androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.5")
    androidTestImplementation("androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.5.1")

    // Jetpack Compose dependencies
    implementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui:1.6.1")
    implementation("androidx.compose.material:material:1.6.1")
    implementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling-preview:1.6.1")
    androidTestImplementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui-test-junit4:1.6.1")
    debugImplementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling:1.6.1")
    implementation("androidx.navigation:navigation-compose:2.7.7")

    // Viewmodel dependencies
    implementation("androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-compose:2.7.0")

    // Hilt
    implementation ("com.google.dagger:hilt-android:2.48")
    kapt ("com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:2.48")

    // For instrumentation tests
    androidTestImplementation  ("com.google.dagger:hilt-android-testing:2.48")
    kaptAndroidTest ("com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:2.48")

    // For local unit tests
    testImplementation ("com.google.dagger:hilt-android-testing:2.48")
    kaptTest ("com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:2.48")
}

kapt {
    correctErrorTypes true
}

Note: id("kotlin-kapt") shows no IDE errors, but all kapt references in the dependencies section of this file are flagged as Unresolved reference. These were added on instruction from the Hilt Gradle Build Setup.

Other reference materials:
Maven Repository
Hilt Gradle Build Setup

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