diff --git a/jOOQ/pom.xml b/jOOQ/pom.xml
index 53a494f2a6..6d7b8fd9bd 100644
--- a/jOOQ/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ/pom.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
             <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>