diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6d32205fd8f..9840ef3173f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
 
         <spec.activation.version>1.2.2</spec.activation.version>
-        <spec.annotation.version>1.3.5</spec.annotation.version>
+        <spec.annotation.version>3.0.0</spec.annotation.version>
         <spec.jaxb.version>2.3.9</spec.jaxb.version>
         <spec.jaxrs.version>2.1</spec.jaxrs.version>
         <spec.jaxws.version>2.3</spec.jaxws.version>