diff --git a/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/releasing.gradle.kts b/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/releasing.gradle.kts
index 46a92d5b390..31884360c0a 100644
--- a/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/releasing.gradle.kts
+++ b/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/releasing.gradle.kts
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ project.afterEvaluate {
                 cliBuildDir.resolve("distributions/detekt-cli-${project.version}.zip"),
                 project(":detekt-formatting").buildDir.resolve("libs/detekt-formatting-${project.version}.jar"),
                 project(":detekt-generator").buildDir.resolve("libs/detekt-generator-${project.version}-all.jar"),
+                project(":detekt-rules-libraries").buildDir
+                    .resolve("libs/detekt-rules-libraries-${project.version}.jar"),
                 project(":detekt-rules-ruleauthors").buildDir
                     .resolve("libs/detekt-rules-ruleauthors-${project.version}.jar")
             )
diff --git a/config/detekt/detekt.yml b/config/detekt/detekt.yml
index 5237f6c5f66..d8971e230ef 100644
--- a/config/detekt/detekt.yml
+++ b/config/detekt/detekt.yml
@@ -190,10 +190,6 @@ style:
       - 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.DiagnosticUtils.getLineAndColumnInPsiFile'
   ForbiddenVoid:
     active: true
-  LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnType:
-    active: true
-    excludes: ['**/*.kt']
-    includes: ['**/detekt-api/src/main/**/api/*.kt']
   MagicNumber:
     excludes: ['**/test/**', '**/*Test.kt', '**/*Spec.kt']
     ignorePropertyDeclaration: true
diff --git a/detekt-core/src/main/resources/default-detekt-config.yml b/detekt-core/src/main/resources/default-detekt-config.yml
index 764ba811aa5..a4397721937 100644
--- a/detekt-core/src/main/resources/default-detekt-config.yml
+++ b/detekt-core/src/main/resources/default-detekt-config.yml
@@ -547,12 +547,6 @@ style:
         value: 'kotlin.io.print'
       - reason: 'println does not allow you to configure the output stream. Use a logger instead.'
         value: 'kotlin.io.println'
-  ForbiddenPublicDataClass:
-    active: true
-    excludes: ['**']
-    ignorePackages:
-      - '*.internal'
-      - '*.internal.*'
   ForbiddenSuppress:
     active: false
     rules: []
@@ -565,12 +559,6 @@ style:
     ignoreOverridableFunction: true
     ignoreActualFunction: true
     excludedFunctions: []
-  LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnType:
-    active: true
-    excludes: ['**']
-  LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublic:
-    active: true
-    excludes: ['**']
   LoopWithTooManyJumpStatements:
     active: true
     maxJumpCount: 1
diff --git a/detekt-generator/build.gradle.kts b/detekt-generator/build.gradle.kts
index 747a38e48a5..45d1671ae70 100644
--- a/detekt-generator/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/detekt-generator/build.gradle.kts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ val cliOptionsFile = "${rootProject.rootDir}/website/docs/gettingstarted/_cli-op
 val defaultConfigFile = "$configDir/default-detekt-config.yml"
 val deprecationFile = "$configDir/deprecation.properties"
 val formattingConfigFile = "${rootProject.rootDir}/detekt-formatting/src/main/resources/config/config.yml"
+val librariesConfigFile = "${rootProject.rootDir}/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/resources/config/config.yml"
 val ruleauthorsConfigFile = "${rootProject.rootDir}/detekt-rules-ruleauthors/src/main/resources/config/config.yml"
 
 val ruleModules = rootProject.subprojects
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ val generateDocumentation by tasks.registering(JavaExec::class) {
 
     inputs.files(
         ruleModules.map { fileTree(it) },
+        fileTree("${rootProject.rootDir}/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/kotlin"),
         fileTree("${rootProject.rootDir}/detekt-rules-ruleauthors/src/main/kotlin"),
         fileTree("${rootProject.rootDir}/detekt-formatting/src/main/kotlin"),
         file("${rootProject.rootDir}/detekt-generator/build/libs/detekt-generator-${Versions.DETEKT}-all.jar"),
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ val generateDocumentation by tasks.registering(JavaExec::class) {
         fileTree(documentationDir),
         file(defaultConfigFile),
         file(formattingConfigFile),
+        file(librariesConfigFile),
         file(ruleauthorsConfigFile),
         file(deprecationFile),
         file(cliOptionsFile),
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ val generateDocumentation by tasks.registering(JavaExec::class) {
     args = listOf(
         "--input",
         ruleModules
+            .plus("${rootProject.rootDir}/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/kotlin")
             .plus("${rootProject.rootDir}/detekt-rules-ruleauthors/src/main/kotlin")
             .plus("${rootProject.rootDir}/detekt-formatting/src/main/kotlin")
             .joinToString(","),
diff --git a/detekt-generator/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/generator/DetektPrinter.kt b/detekt-generator/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/generator/DetektPrinter.kt
index 7fd4075a4af..64a6df03f12 100644
--- a/detekt-generator/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/generator/DetektPrinter.kt
+++ b/detekt-generator/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/generator/DetektPrinter.kt
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ class DetektPrinter(private val arguments: GeneratorArgs) {
             }
         }
         yamlWriter.write(arguments.configPath, "default-detekt-config") {
-            ConfigPrinter.print(pages.filterNot { it.ruleSet.name == "formatting" || it.ruleSet.name == "ruleauthors" })
+            ConfigPrinter.print(
+                pages.filterNot { it.ruleSet.name in listOf("formatting", "libraries", "ruleauthors") }
+            )
         }
         propertiesWriter.write(arguments.configPath, "deprecation") {
             // We intentionally not filter for "formatting" as we want to be able to deprecate
@@ -36,6 +38,11 @@ class DetektPrinter(private val arguments: GeneratorArgs) {
                 printRuleSetPage(pages.first { it.ruleSet.name == "formatting" })
             }
         }
+        yamlWriter.write(Paths.get("../detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/resources/config"), "config") {
+            yaml {
+                printRuleSetPage(pages.first { it.ruleSet.name == "libraries" })
+            }
+        }
         yamlWriter.write(Paths.get("../detekt-rules-ruleauthors/src/main/resources/config"), "config") {
             yaml {
                 printRuleSetPage(pages.first { it.ruleSet.name == "ruleauthors" })
diff --git a/detekt-generator/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/generator/printer/defaultconfig/Exclusion.kt b/detekt-generator/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/generator/printer/defaultconfig/Exclusion.kt
index b2c6f392714..91a4a5df19e 100644
--- a/detekt-generator/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/generator/printer/defaultconfig/Exclusion.kt
+++ b/detekt-generator/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/generator/printer/defaultconfig/Exclusion.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.generator.collection.Rule
 /**
  * Holds a list of extra exclusions for rules and rule sets.
  */
-val exclusions = arrayOf(TestExclusions, KotlinScriptExclusions, KotlinScriptAndTestExclusions, LibraryExclusions)
+val exclusions = arrayOf(TestExclusions, KotlinScriptExclusions, KotlinScriptAndTestExclusions)
 
 /**
  * Tracks rules and rule sets which needs an extra `excludes: $pattern` property
@@ -56,13 +56,3 @@ private object KotlinScriptAndTestExclusions : Exclusions() {
             "'**/*.kts']"
     override val rules = setOf("MagicNumber")
 }
-
-private object LibraryExclusions : Exclusions() {
-
-    override val pattern = "['**']"
-    override val rules = setOf(
-        "ForbiddenPublicDataClass",
-        "LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnType",
-        "LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublic",
-    )
-}
diff --git a/detekt-rules-libraries/build.gradle.kts b/detekt-rules-libraries/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0469ce857e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detekt-rules-libraries/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+plugins {
+    id("module")
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compileOnly(projects.detektApi)
+    testImplementation(projects.detektTest)
+    testImplementation(libs.assertj)
+}
diff --git a/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/ForbiddenPublicDataClass.kt b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/ForbiddenPublicDataClass.kt
similarity index 98%
rename from detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/ForbiddenPublicDataClass.kt
rename to detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/ForbiddenPublicDataClass.kt
index 53c0a73067a..925cf5886bf 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/ForbiddenPublicDataClass.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/ForbiddenPublicDataClass.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.rules.style
+package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.libraries
 
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.CodeSmell
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Config
diff --git a/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnType.kt b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnType.kt
similarity index 98%
rename from detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnType.kt
rename to detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnType.kt
index 711bb43bbcd..42479869f3c 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnType.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnType.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.rules.style
+package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.libraries
 
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.CodeSmell
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Config
diff --git a/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublic.kt b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublic.kt
similarity index 97%
rename from detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublic.kt
rename to detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublic.kt
index c821ccc8ff7..5da067fe9c3 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublic.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublic.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.rules.style
+package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.libraries
 
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.CodeSmell
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Config
diff --git a/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/RuleLibrariesProvider.kt b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/RuleLibrariesProvider.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bcd8657cb66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/RuleLibrariesProvider.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.libraries
+
+import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Config
+import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.RuleSet
+import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.RuleSetProvider
+import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal.ActiveByDefault
+
+/**
+ * Rules in this rule set report issues related to libraries API exposure.
+ */
+@ActiveByDefault("1.16.0")
+class RuleLibrariesProvider : RuleSetProvider {
+
+    override val ruleSetId: String = "libraries"
+
+    override fun instance(config: Config) = RuleSet(
+        ruleSetId,
+        listOf(
+            ForbiddenPublicDataClass(config),
+            LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublic(config),
+            LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnType(config),
+        )
+    )
+}
diff --git a/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.RuleSetProvider b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.RuleSetProvider
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f51700f443f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.RuleSetProvider
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.libraries.RuleLibrariesProvider
diff --git a/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/resources/config/config.yml b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/resources/config/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3d06584277c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/main/resources/config/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+libraries:
+  active: true
+  ForbiddenPublicDataClass:
+    active: true
+    ignorePackages:
+      - '*.internal'
+      - '*.internal.*'
+  LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnType:
+    active: true
+  LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublic:
+    active: true
diff --git a/detekt-rules-style/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/ForbiddenPublicDataClassSpec.kt b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/ForbiddenPublicDataClassSpec.kt
similarity index 98%
rename from detekt-rules-style/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/ForbiddenPublicDataClassSpec.kt
rename to detekt-rules-libraries/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/ForbiddenPublicDataClassSpec.kt
index 8900bd700bc..1a93cef521a 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-style/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/ForbiddenPublicDataClassSpec.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/ForbiddenPublicDataClassSpec.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.rules.style
+package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.libraries
 
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Config
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.test.TestConfig
diff --git a/detekt-rules-style/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnTypeSpec.kt b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnTypeSpec.kt
similarity index 99%
rename from detekt-rules-style/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnTypeSpec.kt
rename to detekt-rules-libraries/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnTypeSpec.kt
index fd580d16d27..b03c6c6a306 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-style/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnTypeSpec.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnTypeSpec.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.rules.style
+package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.libraries
 
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Config
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.rules.KotlinCoreEnvironmentTest
diff --git a/detekt-rules-style/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublicSpec.kt b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublicSpec.kt
similarity index 98%
rename from detekt-rules-style/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublicSpec.kt
rename to detekt-rules-libraries/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublicSpec.kt
index 7cd20e4a41e..279d36b9260 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-style/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublicSpec.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-libraries/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/libraries/LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublicSpec.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.rules.style
+package io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.libraries
 
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Config
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.test.TestConfig
diff --git a/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/StyleGuideProvider.kt b/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/StyleGuideProvider.kt
index f505fac8a03..f18b8ff5cc7 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/StyleGuideProvider.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-style/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/style/StyleGuideProvider.kt
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class StyleGuideProvider : DefaultRuleSetProvider {
             ForbiddenComment(config),
             ForbiddenImport(config),
             ForbiddenMethodCall(config),
-            ForbiddenPublicDataClass(config),
             ForbiddenSuppress(config),
             FunctionOnlyReturningConstant(config),
             SpacingBetweenPackageAndImports(config),
@@ -89,8 +88,6 @@ class StyleGuideProvider : DefaultRuleSetProvider {
             UseCheckOrError(config),
             UseIfInsteadOfWhen(config),
             RedundantExplicitType(config),
-            LibraryEntitiesShouldNotBePublic(config),
-            LibraryCodeMustSpecifyReturnType(config),
             UseArrayLiteralsInAnnotations(config),
             UseEmptyCounterpart(config),
             UseCheckNotNull(config),
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index e34b56f29b4..b2bf7ee4b27 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ include("detekt-rules-documentation")
 include("detekt-rules-empty")
 include("detekt-rules-errorprone")
 include("detekt-rules-exceptions")
+include("detekt-rules-libraries")
 include("detekt-rules-naming")
 include("detekt-rules-performance")
 include("detekt-rules-ruleauthors")