diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
index fe83ebd5..840c626e 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-events/pom.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
       <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
       <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
       <version>24.0.1</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>