diff --git a/jans-auth-server/pom.xml b/jans-auth-server/pom.xml
index 09b2b90cca2..c763ef71c72 100644
--- a/jans-auth-server/pom.xml
+++ b/jans-auth-server/pom.xml
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
                 <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
-                <version>18.0.0</version>
+                <version>23.0.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
 	        <dependency>