A way to override the instantiation of the controller

I'd like to stop referencing the dependency injection container (DIC). I'm force to do this, because the controller is created with the new keyword. If I could override this behavior and have the DIC create the controller, I can get the dependencies I need by adding them to the constructor.

For example

PHP Code:

//what I currently have to do
class currentController extends controller
{
    public function index()
    {
        Container::staticMethodToGetContainerInstance()
            ->createInstance(DependencyIWant::class)
            ->doSomeWork();
    }
}

//what I want to do
class theControllerIWant extends controller
{
    private $dependency;

    public function __construct(DependencyIWant $dependency)
    {
        $this->dependency = $dependency;
    }

    public function index()
    {
        $this->dependency
            ->doSomeWork();
    }
} 


I do have a branch https://github.com/eavMarshall/CodeIgniter4 that should allow me to do this, by adding a common function that can be overwritten