It alleged that officers and others had planned to destabilize the country and throw it into chaos.
It has been almost a year since the interim President Capt Ibrahim Traoré seized power.
That was the country’s second coup of 2022, which took place amid a growing Islamist insurgency.
Burkina Faso’s security and intelligence services foiled a coup attempt on Tuesday, according to the country’s military government.
In a statement read out on television on Wednesday evening, the authorities said some arrests had been made and they were actively pursuing other suspects, without giving specific details. The military prosecutor has since said that four officers have been detained.
Hours earlier, Capt Traoré had issued a statement saying he was “determined to safely lead the transition [to democracy] despite adversity and the various manoeuvres to stop our inexorable march towards assumed sovereignty”. He also thanked pro-junta supporters for “their vigilance”.
The junta has said elections will take place by July next year.
Rumors of an impending rebellion prompted hundreds of supporters of the junta to take to the streets of Ouagadougou on Tuesday.
The French-language news publication Jeune Afrique was suspended by the government that same day on the grounds that it had published articles that were critical of the armed forces.
The massive jihadist insurgency that began in neighboring Mali in 2015 has hampered efforts to transfer power to civilians by the following year.
About 6,000 people have been killed this year alone in jihadist attacks, according to data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (Acled).
Since taking power, Capt Traoré has moved to cut links to France, the former colonial power.
He ordered French forces based in the country to help tackle the Islamist insurgency to leave, and launched mass recruitment drives to reinforce the security forces.
Earlier this month, Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali – three neighbouring countries all threatened by jihadist forces and where the army has seized power in the past year – established a defence pact in a bid to support each other against any armed rebellion or external aggression.
