diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ced4410b7..e2c5c6f07 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Replaces `@Nullable` annotations to `@Nonnull` in the `BaseRequestConfiguration`.
+
 ## [1.1.3] - 2024-04-02
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/components/abstractions/src/main/java/com/microsoft/kiota/BaseRequestConfiguration.java b/components/abstractions/src/main/java/com/microsoft/kiota/BaseRequestConfiguration.java
index c46860e07..91bef1eec 100644
--- a/components/abstractions/src/main/java/com/microsoft/kiota/BaseRequestConfiguration.java
+++ b/components/abstractions/src/main/java/com/microsoft/kiota/BaseRequestConfiguration.java
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package com.microsoft.kiota;
 
-import jakarta.annotation.Nullable;
+import jakarta.annotation.Nonnull;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 
-/** Base class for request configuration */
+/**
+ * Base class for request configuration
+ */
 public abstract class BaseRequestConfiguration {
     /**
      * Default constructor
@@ -13,9 +16,13 @@ public BaseRequestConfiguration() {
         // default empty constructor
     }
 
-    /** Request headers */
-    @Nullable public RequestHeaders headers = new RequestHeaders();
+    /**
+     * Request headers
+     */
+    @Nonnull public RequestHeaders headers = new RequestHeaders();
 
-    /** Request options */
-    @Nullable public java.util.List<RequestOption> options = Collections.emptyList();
+    /**
+     * Request options
+     */
+    @Nonnull public List<RequestOption> options = Collections.emptyList();
 }