diff --git a/changelog/@unreleased/pr-2189.v2.yml b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-2189.v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..840858d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-2189.v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+type: fix
+fix:
+  description: Fix the `com.palantir.baseline-circleci` plugin so that compilation
+    failures are once again parsed as XML and can be surfaced at the top of CircleCI
+    builds.
+  links:
+  - https://github.com/palantir/gradle-baseline/pull/2189
diff --git a/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/plugins/BaselineCircleCi.java b/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/plugins/BaselineCircleCi.java
index e1231dc1f..ae0320ddc 100644
--- a/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/plugins/BaselineCircleCi.java
+++ b/gradle-baseline-java/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/baseline/plugins/BaselineCircleCi.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
 import com.palantir.gradle.junit.JunitReportsExtension;
+import com.palantir.gradle.junit.JunitReportsPlugin;
 import com.palantir.gradle.junit.JunitReportsRootPlugin;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ public final class BaselineCircleCi implements Plugin<Project> {
     @Override
     public void apply(Project project) {
         project.getPluginManager().apply(JunitReportsRootPlugin.class);
+        project.getPluginManager().apply(JunitReportsPlugin.class);
 
         configurePluginsForReports(project);
         configurePluginsForArtifacts(project);