diff --git a/lib/taskana-spring/pom.xml b/lib/taskana-spring/pom.xml
index c2e20b5a6..fea0c9712 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/taskana-spring/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
 			<artifactId>mybatis-spring</artifactId>
 			<version>${version.spring.mybatis}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+			<artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${version.javax.annotation-api}</version>
+		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- test dependencies -->
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bc0a21ddc..c1c3a78f0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
         <version.sonatype>1.6.8</version.sonatype>
 
         <!-- spring dependencies -->
+        <version.javax.annotation-api>1.3.2</version.javax.annotation-api>
         <version.spring.core>2.0.0.RELEASE</version.spring.core>
         <version.spring.boot>2.3.4.RELEASE</version.spring.boot>
         <version.spring.mybatis>2.0.5</version.spring.mybatis>
@@ -295,7 +296,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <!-- JUnit 5 requires Surefire version 2.22.0 or higher -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>