diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c528c01..7cbc43b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
 
         <maven.version>3.6.3</maven.version>
-        <maven.annotations.version>3.6.0</maven.annotations.version>
+        <maven.annotations.version>3.7.1</maven.annotations.version>
         <maven.plugin.plugin.version>3.6.0</maven.plugin.plugin.version>
         <!-- actually a dependency here. -->
         <dependency.maven.bundle.plugin.version>5.1.8</dependency.maven.bundle.plugin.version>