Unused dependencies declared via `dependencies.create` are not detected

[LaurensLeeuwis]

When I have an unused dependency declared using dependencies.create, these are not identified by the plugin:

plugins {
    id 'java'
    id 'nebula.lint' version '17.5.0'
}

gradleLint.rules = ['unused-dependency']

group 'org.example'
version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

dependencies {
    implementation dependencies.create('org.springframework:spring-core:5.2.18.RELEASE')
}

results in:

$ ./gradlew clean lintGradle 

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 849ms
3 actionable tasks: 3 executed

while declaring the same dependency using

dependencies {
    implementation 'org.springframework:spring-core:5.2.18.RELEASE'
}

results in:

$ ./gradlew clean lintGradle

> Task :lintGradle FAILED

This project contains lint violations. A complete listing of the violations follows. 
Because none were serious, the build's overall status was unaffected.

warning   unused-dependency                  this dependency is a service provider unused at compileClasspath time and can be moved to the runtimeOnly configuration (no auto-fix available)
build.gradle:16
implementation 'org.springframework:spring-core:5.2.18.RELEASE'

... etc etc ...

Can dependencies.create be supported?